RAOUL Indeed she does...as lovely as she looked the very first time I came to her dressing room door.
CHRISTINE And look at you Raoul! You look just like that handsome boy in the opera box. The one who would always toss me a single red rose.
RAOUL Please Gustave, if you don't mind Would you wait outside awhile?
GUSTAVE But when's mother going to sing? I don't want to miss it!
CHRISTINE Go and wait backstage my dear Soon Papa will fetch you there
You can both watch from the wings.
RAOUL Since our wedding day Things have gone astray
CHRISTINE Raoul...
RAOUL I'm not proud of the way that I've acted
CHRISTINE We've both been-
RAOUL The demands I've made! All our hopes mislaid! I'm aware of the price they've exacted
Though I've no right to ask you to There's one thing more I'd have you do If you love me as I love you
CHRISTINE Anything darling
RAOUL Don't sing the song dear
CHRISTINE What? But Raoul-
RAOUL You have to know something's terribly wrong dear
CHRISTINE But I have to do this! It's what we agreed to
RAOUL That Hell-spawned demon He's had us playing his game all along dear
CHRISTINE Let me just get through this Listen please, I need to
RAOUL You need so much, it's true And I've denied you You need the man you knew Back here beside you You'll have him back, I vow Just ask it of me But we must leave here now If you still love me
CHRISTINE But, darling I'm due on stage in ten minutes! How can I possibly amend-
RAOUL Listen! Please! I have passage for three to Schoenberg on the Atlantic Queen. It leaves tonight-let's be on it! For both our sakes...and for Gustave.
Leave this place behind.
CHRISTINE Go and find Gustave. Tell the stage manager not to disturb him. I need some time.