MEG Where in the world have you been hiding? Really, you were perfect! I only wish I knew your secret! Who is this new tutor?
CHRISTINE (abstracted, entering the dressing room) Father once spoke of an angel . . . I used to dream he'd appear . . . Now as I sing, I can sense him . . . And I know he's here . . . (trance-like) Here in this room he calls me softly . . . somewhere inside hiding . . . Somehow I know he's always with me . . . he - the unseen genius . . .
MEG (uneasily) Christine, you must have been dreaming . . . stories like this can't come true . . . Christine, you're talking in riddles . . . and it's not like you . . .
CHRISTINE (not hearing her, ecstatic) Angel of Music! Guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! MEG (to herself) Who is this angel? This . . .
BOTH Angel of Music! Hide no longer! Secret and strange angel . . .