Phantom Thoughts pt. 28
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zellephantom{Thereupon, seeing the hostility with which her ward had addressed the viscount, Mamma Valerius suddenly took Christine's part.
"And, if she does love that man, Monsieur le Vicomte, even then it is no business of yours!"}
YEP! (Thanks for *finally* agreeing with your basically adopted daughter, Mme. Valerius.)
{"Alas, madame," Raoul humbly replied, unable to restrain his tears, "alas, I believe that Christine really does love him! ... But it is not only that which drives me to despair; for what I am not certain of, madame, is that the man whom Christine loves is worthy of her love!"
"It is for me to be the judge of that, monsieur!" said Christine, looking Raoul angrily in the face.}
And Raoul just started crying again- I should really keep a count of how many times he cries in this novel. EDIT: I did a CTRL+F, and I think, as of this point, he's burst into tears 4 times so far.
(Also, Christine is right. It's her choice, even if it is a bad decision. Raoul is within his rights to express his concerns to her, but it is ultimately HER DECISION as to whether or not she does decide to be with him.)
{"Raoul, why do you condemn a man whom you have never seen, whom no one knows and about whom you yourself know nothing?"}
GOOD POINT. (*whispers* the reason why is JEALOUSY, Christine)
{"Yes, Christine ... Yes ... I at least know the name that you thought to keep from me for ever ... The name of your Angel of Music, mademoiselle, is Erik!"
Christine at once betrayed herself. She turned as white as a sheet and stammered: "Who told you?"
"You yourself!"
"How do you mean?"
"By pitying him the other night, the night of the masked ball. When you went to your dressing-room, did you not say, 'Poor Erik?' Well, Christine, there was a poor Raoul who overheard you."}
FINALLY HE FIGURES IT OUT. (Still, spying on her is not cool.)
{"This is the second time that you have listened behind the door, M. de Chagny!"
"I was not behind the door ... I was in the dressing-room, in the inner room, mademoiselle."}
Raoul, that's not exactly absolving you... 'Oh, I wasn't eavesdropping on you from OUTSIDE your door-' 'Oh, good!' 'I was hiding INSIDE your rooms and listening!' 'Seriously?'
{"Oh, unhappy man!" moaned the girl, showing every sign of unspeakable terror. "Unhappy man! Do you want to be killed?"
"Perhaps."
Raoul uttered this "perhaps" with so much love and despair in his voice that Christine could not keep back a sob. She took his hands and looked at him with all the pure affection of which she was capable:}
Raoul... You need help. Therapy, preferably. Even Christine thinks so.
{"Raoul," she said, "forget THE MAN'S VOICE and do not even remember its name... You must never try to fathom the mystery of THE MAN'S VOICE."
"Is the mystery so very terrible?"
"There is no more awful mystery on this earth. Swear to me that you will make no attempt to find out," she insisted. "Swear to me that you will never come to my dressing-room, unless I send for you."}
So, basically, Raoul- you need to chill and stop spying on people.
{"Then you promise to send for me sometimes, Christine?"
"I promise."
"When?"
"To-morrow."
"Then I swear to do as you ask."
He kissed her hands and went away, cursing Erik and resolving to be patient.}
And what he gets from 'you should seriously stop spying on me ' is 'well, since I can't follow you WITHOUT your knowledge, can we maybe hang out sometime?'. I do hope that he can learn to be patient, though! (And actually do what Christine says..)
"And, if she does love that man, Monsieur le Vicomte, even then it is no business of yours!"}
YEP! (Thanks for *finally* agreeing with your basically adopted daughter, Mme. Valerius.)
{"Alas, madame," Raoul humbly replied, unable to restrain his tears, "alas, I believe that Christine really does love him! ... But it is not only that which drives me to despair; for what I am not certain of, madame, is that the man whom Christine loves is worthy of her love!"
"It is for me to be the judge of that, monsieur!" said Christine, looking Raoul angrily in the face.}
And Raoul just started crying again- I should really keep a count of how many times he cries in this novel. EDIT: I did a CTRL+F, and I think, as of this point, he's burst into tears 4 times so far.
(Also, Christine is right. It's her choice, even if it is a bad decision. Raoul is within his rights to express his concerns to her, but it is ultimately HER DECISION as to whether or not she does decide to be with him.)
{"Raoul, why do you condemn a man whom you have never seen, whom no one knows and about whom you yourself know nothing?"}
GOOD POINT. (*whispers* the reason why is JEALOUSY, Christine)
{"Yes, Christine ... Yes ... I at least know the name that you thought to keep from me for ever ... The name of your Angel of Music, mademoiselle, is Erik!"
Christine at once betrayed herself. She turned as white as a sheet and stammered: "Who told you?"
"You yourself!"
"How do you mean?"
"By pitying him the other night, the night of the masked ball. When you went to your dressing-room, did you not say, 'Poor Erik?' Well, Christine, there was a poor Raoul who overheard you."}
FINALLY HE FIGURES IT OUT. (Still, spying on her is not cool.)
{"This is the second time that you have listened behind the door, M. de Chagny!"
"I was not behind the door ... I was in the dressing-room, in the inner room, mademoiselle."}
Raoul, that's not exactly absolving you... 'Oh, I wasn't eavesdropping on you from OUTSIDE your door-' 'Oh, good!' 'I was hiding INSIDE your rooms and listening!' 'Seriously?'
{"Oh, unhappy man!" moaned the girl, showing every sign of unspeakable terror. "Unhappy man! Do you want to be killed?"
"Perhaps."
Raoul uttered this "perhaps" with so much love and despair in his voice that Christine could not keep back a sob. She took his hands and looked at him with all the pure affection of which she was capable:}
Raoul... You need help. Therapy, preferably. Even Christine thinks so.
{"Raoul," she said, "forget THE MAN'S VOICE and do not even remember its name... You must never try to fathom the mystery of THE MAN'S VOICE."
"Is the mystery so very terrible?"
"There is no more awful mystery on this earth. Swear to me that you will make no attempt to find out," she insisted. "Swear to me that you will never come to my dressing-room, unless I send for you."}
So, basically, Raoul- you need to chill and stop spying on people.
{"Then you promise to send for me sometimes, Christine?"
"I promise."
"When?"
"To-morrow."
"Then I swear to do as you ask."
He kissed her hands and went away, cursing Erik and resolving to be patient.}
And what he gets from 'you should seriously stop spying on me ' is 'well, since I can't follow you WITHOUT your knowledge, can we maybe hang out sometime?'. I do hope that he can learn to be patient, though! (And actually do what Christine says..)
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Date: 2019-01-17 08:31 pm (UTC)They are totally different things, obviously!
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Date: 2020-11-13 05:30 am (UTC)What she is actually saying is "You idiot, do you have any idea how much danger you were in? Promise me never to do that again!"
(But of course Raoul does have no idea that Christine's dressing-room happens to be the favoured hideout of a murderous maniac who has been wildly jealous of every word she has exchanged with him, so no, at this juncture he is completely oblivious to the danger he was running at that moment...)