The Phantom of the Opera by Jennifer Basset

原文

Chapter 8: Where is Christine Daae?

On Saturday morning,Comte Phillipe looked across the breakfast table at his brother.

"Don't do it,Raoul, please. All this talk about ghosts and phantoms. I think the girl is mad."

"She's not mad,and I'm going to marry her." Raoul said.

"She's only a little opera singer" Phillipe said unhappily. "And she's very young. Are you still going to love her in ten or twenty years time?

Raoul drank his coffee and did not answer.

There were two more unhappy faces in the Opera House, too.

The directors now understood about O.G.

They didn't want anymore accidents.

"It's a lot of money," Mr. Firmin said unhappily.

He thought for a minute.

"What about some flowers in Box 5? Madam Giry says that O.G likes flowers."

"O.G. can bring his own flowers!" shouted Mr. Armand.

The evening began well.

The chandelier was now back in place, with new ropes.

All Paris was in the Opera House.

Everybody wanted to hear Christine Daae's voice again.

People also knew about the love story between Christine Daae and the Vicomte de Chagny.

There are no love secrets in Paris!

People watched the Comte and the Vicomte Box 14 with interest.

Young men from families like de Chagny do not marry opera singers.

When Christine came onto the stage, her face was white, and she looked afraid.

But she sang like an angel.

Ah, what a voice!All Paris was in love with Christine Daae.

She began to sing the famous love song.

Suddenly, every light in the Opera House went out.

For a second, nobody moved or spoke.

Then a woman screamed, and all the lights came on again.

But Christine Daae was no longer on the stage!

She was not behind the stage. She was not under the stage.

Nobody could find her.

The Opera House went mad.

Everybody around here and there, shouted and called.

In the director's office, people ran in and out.

The police came and asked questions.

But nobody could answer the questions.

Mr. Armand got angry and shouted, and Mr. Firmin told him to be quiet.

Then, Madame Giry arrived in the office with her daughter, Meg.

"Go away,woman! " Mr. Armand shouted.

"Monsieur,there are three people missing now!" Madame Giry said. "Meg, tell the directors your story."

This was Meg story.

"When the lights went out, we were just behind the stage. We heard a scream - I think it was Christine Daae's voice. Then the lights came back on, but Christine wasn't there! We were very afraid, and we began to run back to our dressing room. There were people running everywhere. Then we saw the Vicomte de Chagny. His face was red, and he was very angry. "Where's Christine? Where's Christine?"He shouted. Suddenly, the Persian came up behind him and took his arm. He said something to the Vicomte and they went into Christine Daae's dressing room.…."

"Yes? And then?" Mr. Firmin said quickly. "What happened next?"

"Nobody knows!" Meg's face was white. "We looked into Christine Daae's dressing room, but ... but that...was nobody there!"

翻译

第八章:克丽斯廷·达埃在哪里?

星期六早晨，菲利普伯爵隔着早餐桌望着他的哥哥。
“别这样，拉乌尔，求你了。一直在说鬼魂和幽灵。我想这女孩疯了。”
“她没疯，我要娶她。”拉乌尔说。
“她只是个小歌剧演员。”菲利普不高兴地说。“她还很年轻。十年二十年后你还会爱她吗?
拉乌尔喝了咖啡，没有回答。
歌剧院里还有两张不高兴的脸。
董事们现在理解了O.G.
他们不想再发生意外。
“这是一大笔钱，”菲尔曼先生不高兴地说。
他想了一会儿。
“在5号盒子里放些花怎么样?”吉丽夫人说O.G.喜欢花。”
“O.G.可以带他自己的花来!”阿尔芒先生喊道。
这个晚上开始得很顺利。
枝形吊灯现在用新绳子放回了原位。
整个巴黎都聚集在歌剧院。
每个人都想再听到克丽斯廷·达埃的声音。
人们也知道克里斯汀·达埃和沙尼子爵之间的爱情故事。
巴黎没有爱情的秘密!
人们饶有兴趣地看着伯爵和子爵包厢。
像德·沙尼这样家庭出身的年轻人不会和歌剧演唱家结婚。
当克里斯汀走上舞台时，她脸色苍白，看上去很害怕。
但她唱得像个天使。
啊，多么美妙的声音!整个巴黎都爱上了克丽斯廷·达埃。
她开始唱那首著名的情歌。
突然，歌剧院里所有的灯都熄灭了。
一时间，没有人动，也没有人说话。
然后一个女人尖叫起来，所有的灯又亮了。
但是克丽斯廷·达埃已经不在舞台上了!
她不在舞台后面。她不在舞台下面。
没人能找到她。
歌剧院都疯了。
周围的每个人都喊着。
在主任办公室里，人们进进出出。
警察来问了些问题。
但是没有人能回答这些问题。
阿尔芒先生生气了，大喊大叫，菲尔曼先生叫他安静。
接着，吉丽夫人带着她的女儿麦格来到了办公室。
“走开，女人!”阿尔芒先生喊道。
“先生，现在有三个人失踪了!”吉丽夫人说。“梅格，把你的故事告诉主管们。”
这就是梅格的故事。
“当灯光熄灭时，我们就在舞台后面。我们听到一声尖叫——我想那是克丽斯廷·达埃的声音。然后灯又亮了，但是克丽丝汀不在那儿!我们非常害怕，开始跑回更衣室。到处都有人在跑。他们看见了沙尼子爵。他的脸涨得通红，非常生气。“克里斯汀在哪里?克里斯汀在哪里?”他喊道。突然，波斯人走到他身后，抓住他的胳膊。他对子爵说了些什么，他们就走进了克丽斯廷·达埃的化妆室.....”
“是吗?然后呢?”菲尔曼先生很快地说。“接下来发生了什么?”
“没人知道!”麦格的脸变白了。“我们查看了克丽斯廷·达埃的化妆间，但是……但这…那里一个人也没有!”