Enrique Claudin:
Mademoiselle, may I speak to you for a minute?
Christine DuBois:
Why, of course.
Enrique Claudin:
You weren't on the stage tonight for the third act curtain call.
Christine DuBois:
Everyone seems to notice. It's really quite flattering.
Enrique Claudin:
[
Becoming concerned] Why weren't you there?
[
Christine is puzzled]
Enrique Claudin:
Forgive me, but I have been a part of the Opera for so long. Everybody, everything connected with it, I feel it is so much a part of my life.
[
Christine pauses, then smiles]
Christine DuBois:
Yes, well, Monsieur Villeneuve is waiting for you.
Enrique Claudin:
You weren't ill, were you? You're not in any trouble, are you? Why it's impertinent of me, I know, but...
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