And that which I feared above all things began, automatically . We were suddenly flooded with light! Yes, on our side of the wall, everything seemed aglow. The Vicomte de Chagny was so much taken aback that he staggered. And the angry voice roared:

“I told you there was someone! Do you see the window now? The lighted window, right up there? The man behind the wall can’t see it! But you shall go up the folding steps: that is what they are there for!⁠ ⁠… You have often asked me to tell you; and now you know!⁠ ⁠… They are there to give a peep into the torture-chamber⁠ ⁠… you inquisitive little thing!”

“What tortures?⁠ ⁠… Who is being tortured?⁠ ⁠… Erik, Erik, say you are only trying to frighten me!⁠ ⁠… Say it, if you love me, Erik!⁠ ⁠… There are no tortures, are there?”

“Go and look at the little window, dear!”