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The priest who baptized him. When Father Mansart asked her what to name the child, she froze and told him to name the child after himself.
We never know. Trust me, I've looked, and Madeline never says what her husband's, Erik's, or her last name was. How annoying!
Because Dunicha was going to accuse him of rape. He started to run away because Dunicha was going to accuse him of rape to get out the fact that she was having sex with a gorgio. It was when he was packing his bags that Javert walked in on him.
19. Nadir's point of view starts in 1840, when Erik would have been 19.
Khan. Nadir had the same last name is the grand Vazir Mirza Taqui Khan...hmm...wonder if they're related in some way
morphine. In that surge of star-spangled euphoria, my first experiment with a needle, I began to work on the opera that would be my opus maximus. I called it Don Juan Triumphant. I was beginning to grow very cynical...
6. 'Yes, a full six years of reclusive, self-indulgent solitude passed before I had the first of a devastating series of shocks.'
Erik's mother. One portrait was of a dark haired man, approaching early middle age, but enormously good looking. And the other...the other was me!
Charles. Charles was also the name of Erik's father, and Raoul's naming him this was purely coincidental, if not fitting.
1831. Madeleine begins the story during Erik's birth in 1831.
neglect him. She asked the priest what would happen if she just left him alone, but the priest told her that would be a sin.
Father Mansart. She didn't want to name the deformed child after her husband, and was so numb with shock that she just told the priest to name the baby after himself.
Marie. Marie Perrault was one of the few people who was kind to Erik.
cholera. They both died on the same day.
Sasha. Sasha was her faithful companion for many years, and became Erik's closest friend, as well.
Erik's crying. When he began to cry, it was so musical and so beautiful that it affected her deeply.
a mask. She made the mask for him the day he was born.
six months. During a thunderstorm, he walked and spoke for the first time.
sang. He commented that if it weren't blasphemous, he would have thought he had heard the voice of God.
a kiss. He requested "one for now, and one for later." Madeleine flew into a rage and told him never, never, never to ask for that again. (I cried during this part.)
he came downstairs without his mask. Marie pretended not to notice, but Madeleine went ballistic. (And, for the record, when Erik's dog died, he DID plan to sing a requiem for her.)
his face in the mirror. Madeleine showed him his face in the mirror without the mask. Erik broke the mirror and went into his bedroom to hide from "the face."
mirrors. He became fascinated with them, despite his unfortunate incident with the mirror earlier.
he climbed out the window. He used to climb out the window, down a tree, and into the church to play the organ at night.
at Mass. She saw him across the room.
put him in an institution. Madeleine refused to let him do that...about the only redeeming quality in her.
Madeleine's friend bought him a book about it. Marie has bought him a ventriloquism book for his birthday, but Madeleine had seen the effects it could have and put it away. Of course, Erik could still get to it.
some village boys. He almost died.
the dog. Sasha was killed in the midst of it all. Erik went into a rage and tried to kill all the village boys.
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