Wandering Child
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PHANTOM
Wandering child...
so lost...
so helpless...
yearning fpr 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
wishper...!
(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
Your 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 move 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!
(Inexcorably, the PHANTOM contimues 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 word)
CHRISTINE
Raoul...
