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01-05-歌剧院的幽灵 [10]

By 詹妮弗·巴塞特 Jennifer Bassett 1255 0
.Then he went down on the floor at Christine's feet.'You are free,Christine,free!Go away and marry your Raoul,and be happy.But re member Erik,sometimes.Go now,quickly!Take Raoul and the Persian,and go!'


■ 9 湖面上的房子
  当灯亮起的时候,拉乌尔跑了。他跑下楼梯,沿着走廊,穿过歌剧院来到舞台的背后。在克丽斯廷的化妆室的门外的走廊上,一只手抓住了他的手臂。
  “怎么了,我的年轻的朋友?你跑得这么快要去哪儿?”
  拉乌尔转过身来看到了那张黑色帽子下的波斯人的长脸。
  “克丽斯廷!”拉乌尔急急地说,“埃里克把她掳走了。她在哪里?帮帮我!我怎么去他湖上的房子?”
  “跟我来。”波斯人说。他们飞快地进了克丽斯廷的化妆室。波斯人把门关上,朝墙上的那面大镜子走去。
  “进这个房间只有一扇门啊。”拉乌尔忍不住说。
  “等一会儿,”波斯人说。他把手放在大镜子上,先从这儿,再从那儿。过了一会儿并没有什么动静。接着镜子开始转动起来,里面出现了一个大的黑洞。拉乌尔目瞪口呆。
  “快!跟我来,不过小心点,”波斯人说,“我了解埃里克。我知道他的秘密。把你的右手举起来靠近你的头,像这样,并且要一直保持那样。”
  “这是为什么?”拉乌尔问。
  “还记得约瑟夫·比凯和绕在他脖子上的绳子吗?埃里克是个聪明人,善于在黑暗中使用绳子。”
  他们往歌剧院的底下走,往下,一直往下。他们通过一层层密门,接着沿着走廊走下黑暗的楼梯。波斯人一直仔细倾听着有无异样的声音。
  “我们什么时候才能到湖边?”拉乌尔轻声问。
  “我们不从湖上走。埃里克一直在那儿看守着。不,我们绕过那湖从背后进入埃里克的房子。我知道一些秘密的门。”
  不久他们到了那里。黑暗中,波斯人用手仔细地在墙上摸索。“啊,在这里。”他低声道。墙在他手下动起来并且出现了一道小门。他们脚步很轻地走进去,然后门在他们的身后关上了。他们不能出去了。
  房间里很黑。他们等待着、倾听着。波斯人把手放到墙上。
  “哦,不对!”他低声道,“我们走错了一道门!这是埃里克的拷问室——那个都是镜子的房间!我们成了死人了,沙尼家族的子爵,死人!”
  一开始拉乌尔还没有明白是怎么回事,但是不久他就意识到了。灯亮了,而且他们听到一个男人的笑声。埃里克知道他们在那里。
  这个房间里全是镜子——墙,地板,天花板。镜子里有树、鲜花、河流的图画。这些图画在他们的眼前跳动着。而且房间里热烘烘的。它变得越来越热。拉乌尔觉得渴,又热又渴,而图画上的河流跳动着仿佛在嘲笑他。他闭上眼睛,但是河流依旧在晃动着。水,他需要水,但是镜子在嘲笑他。不久他就不能动不能说话,也不能睁眼了。他现在不觉得渴了,只觉得累,累极了。“哦!克丽斯廷,对不起,”他想,“我想帮助你,而现在我快要死了……”
  透过墙里的镜子克丽斯廷看着在拷问室里的她的情人。她的身后站着埃里克,他的双手放在她的手臂上。
  “他快要死了,克丽斯廷,快要死了。仔细地看着他。不,不许闭上眼睛,看着他!”
  克丽斯廷说不出话来。她想尖叫,但发不出声音。接着她发现自己又能说话了。
  “你怎么能这样做,埃里克!你为什么不杀了我?”
  “因为我爱你,克丽斯廷。和我结婚吧,做我的妻子,并且爱我。这样拉乌尔和波斯人就能活下来。”
  慢慢地,克丽斯廷转过身来。她看着埃里克那可怕、丑陋的脸,又一次开口说话了,非常温和地说。
  “好的,埃里克。从这一刻起我就是你的妻子了。”她张开双臂搂住埃里克的脖子,并且吻了他——缓慢地充满爱意地吻了他那丑陋的嘴。随后她放下手臂缓缓地说:“可怜的不幸的埃里克。”
  埃里克凝视着她。“你吻了我!”他轻声道,“我没有要求你,但是你吻了我——自愿地!哦!克丽斯廷,我的天使!这是我从女人那儿得到的第一个吻。即便我的母亲也从来没有吻过我!当我2岁的时候,她给了我第一个面罩。每次我走近她,她都把脸从我那儿转开去。”
  埃里克把他那丑陋的脸埋进双手哭了起来。随后他伏到克丽斯廷的脚下。“你自由了,克丽斯廷,自由了!去和你的拉乌尔结婚吧,祝你们快乐。不过有的时候不要忘记埃里克。现在就走吧,快!带上拉乌尔和波斯人,走吧!”


■ 10 Madame Giry visits the Persian
  For weeks,all Paris talked about that night at the opera.Everybody asked questions,but nobody knew the answers.Where was Christine Daaé? Where was the Vi comte de Chagny? Were they alive,or dead?
  And the Phantom of the Opera…?
  Some weeks after that famous night Madame Giry went out one afternoon to a small house near the Rivoli Gardens.She went in and up the stairs to some rooms at the top of the house.The Persian opened the door.
  Madame Giry looked at him.'My friend, you know the an swers.Please tell me.Are they alive or dead?'
  'Come in,'the Persian said quietly.
  They sat down on some chairs by the window,and looked out across the Rivoli Gardens.
  'Yes,'the Persian said slowly,'The Phantom is dead now.He did not want to live any longer.I saw his body three days ago,and because of that, I can talk to you about him.He can not kill me now.'
  'So the Phantom was really a man?' Madame Giry asked.
  'Yes,his name was Erik.That was not his real name,of course.He was born in France,but I knew him in Persia.He was a famous builder and I worked with him there.For a time I was his friend,but not for long.When he came to Paris, I came after him-I wanted to watch him. He was a very clever,very dangerous man.He could be in two,or three,places at the same time. He could be in one place,and his voice could come from another place.He could do many clever things with ropes,and mirrors,and secret doors.You see,he helped to build the Opera House.He built secret passages underground,and his secret house on the lake.He could not live in the outside world, because of his terrible, ugly face. Unhappy Erik! We can feel sorry for him, Madame Giry.He was so clever…and so ugly.People screamed when they saw his face.And so he lived this strange life half-man,half-phantom.But he was a man,in the end.He wanted a woman's love…'
  He stopped,and Madame Giry asked quietly,'And Christine Daaé and Vicomte Raoul?What happened to them?'
  The Persian smiled.'Ah yes!What happened to young Raoul and the beautiful Christine…?Who knows?'
  Nobody in Paris ever saw Raoul and Christine again.Perhaps they took a train to the north,and lived a quiet,happy life to gether there
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