I remember / Stranger than you dreamt it

THE NEXT MORNING (SCENE 6)

CHRISTINE: (wakes up)

I 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 ...

(She rises and approaches the PHANTOM)

Who was that shape in the shadows?

Whose is the face in the mask?

(She tears the mask from his face)

PHANTOM: Damn 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!

Damn 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 hell, 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 . . .

(CHRISTINE gives him the mask, He puts it on)

Come we must return -

those two fools who run my theatre

will be missing you.

(the PHANTOM and CHRISTINE leave)

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