Wandering Child / Bravo, Monsieur

(The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross) PHANTOM (very soft and enticing) Wandering child... so lost... so helpless... yearning for 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 whisper...! (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 You 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 moves 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! (Inexorably, the PHANTOM continues 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... (She runs to RAOUL, who embraces her protectively. The PHANTOM freezes for a moment and then suddenly seizes a pike, upon which is impaled a skull. At a movement from him, a flash of fire streaks from the gaping mouth of the skull, and lands at RAOUL's feet) PHANTOM Bravo, Monsieur! Such spirited words! (Another fireball) RAOUL More tricks, Monsieur? PHANTOM Let's see, Monsieur, how far you dare go! (Another fireball) RAOUL More deception? More violence? CHRISTINE (to RAOUL) Raoul, no... (RAOUL has begun to walk, slowly and resolutely, towards the PHANTOM, the fireballs always landing just ahead of him) PHANTOM That's right, that's right, Monsieur - keep walking this way! (Two more fireballs) RAOUL You can't win her love by making her your prisoner. CHRISTINE Raoul, don't... RAOUL (to CHRISTINE) Stay back! PHANTOM I'm here, I'm here, Monsieur: