The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross)

PHANTOM (very soft and enticing)

Wandering child . . .

so lost . . .

so helpless . . .

yearning for my

guidance . . .

(Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and murmurs

breathlessly):

CHRISTINE

Angel . . . or father . . .

friend . . . or

Phantom . . . ?

Who is it there,

staring . . . ?

PHANTOM (more and more hypnotic)

Have you

forgotten your Angel . . .?

CHRISTINE

Angel . . . oh, speak . . .

What endless

longings

echo in this

whisper . . .!

(RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches for a

moment transfixed)

PHANTOM (now drawing CHRISTINE towards him)

Too long you've wandered

in winter . . .

RAOUL (to himself a murmur)

Once again

she is his . . .

PHANTOM

Far from my

far-reaching gaze . . .

RAOUL

Once again

she returns . . .

CHRISTINE (increasingly mesmerized)

Wildly my mind

beats against you . . .

PHANTOM

You resist . . .

PHANTOM/CHRISTINE

Yet your/the soul

obeys . . .

RAOUL

. . . to the arms

of her angel . . .

angel or demon . . .

still he calls her . . .

luring her back, from the grave . . .

angel or dark seducer . . .?

Who are you, strange

angel . . .?

PHANTOM

Angel of Music!

You denied me,

turning from true beauty . . .

Angel of Music!

Do not shun me . . .

Come to your strange

Angel . . .

CHRISTINE

Angel of Music!

I denied you,

turning from true beauty . . .

Angel of Music!

My protector . . .

Come to me, strange

Angel . . .

(CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the

PHANTOM)

PHANTOM (beckoning her)

I am your Angel of Music . . .

Come to me: Angel of Music . . .

RAOUL (suddenly calling out)

Angel of darkness!

Cease this torment!

(Inexorably the PHANTOM continues to beckon

CHRISTINE)

PHANTOM

I am your Angel of Music . . .

Come to me: Angel of Music . . .

RAOUL (in desperation)

Christine! Christine listen to me!

Whatever you may believe, this man . . .

this thing . . . is not your father!

(to the PHANTOM)

Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !

(Coming out of her trance CHRISTINE turns and

mouths the words):

CHRISTINE

Raoul . .