remember there was mist ... swirling mist upon a vast, glassy lake ... There were candles all around, and on the lake there was a boat, and in the boat there was a man ... Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask? D*** you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon - is this what you wanted to see? Curse you! You little lying Delilah! You little viper - now you cannot ever be free! D*** you ... Curse you ... Stranger than you dreamt it - can you even dare to look or bear to think of me: this loathsome gargoyle, who burns in bell, but secretly yearns for heaven, secretly ... secretly ... But, Christine ... Fear can Turn to love - you'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster: this ... repulsive carcass, who seems a beast, but secretly dreams of beauty, secretly ... secretly ... Oh, Christine ... Come we must return - those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you.
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