Phantom of the Opera

MY DEAR MANAGERS:

So it is to be war between us?

If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum. It consists of the four following conditions:

1. You must give me back my private box; and I wish it to be at my free disposal from henceforward.

2. The part of Margarita shall be sung this evening by Christine Daae. Never mind about Carlotta; she will be ill.

3. I absolutely insist upon the good and loyal services of Mme. Giry, my box-keeper, whom you will reinstate in her functions forthwith.

4. Let me know by a letter handed to Mme. Giry, who will see that it reaches me, that you accept, as your predecessors did, the conditions in my memorandum-book relating to my monthly allowance. I will inform you later how you are to pay it to me.

If you refuse, you will give FAUST to-night in a house with a curse upon it.

Take my advice and be warned in time. O. G.

"Look here, I'm getting sick of him, sick of him!" shouted Richard, bringing his fists down on his office-table.

Just then, Mercier, the acting-manager, entered.

"Lachenel would like to see one of you gentlemen," he said. "He says that his business is urgent and he seems quite upset."

"Who's Lachenel?" asked Richard.

"He's your stud-groom."

"What do you mean? My stud-groom?"

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Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, Chapter 7

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     I cannot believe that after all this time the new managers know so little. Everyone in the theatre knows about the Opera Ghost, how is it that by this time, no one else has told them about it. They seem to not know who anyone is in the theatre either. Why is that? I thought that since they were the managers, they would know everything. They talked to the old managers and were told about the ghost but they did not believe it. Why is it that people in books like this always have to find out the hard way? They see strange things going on, yet they just refuse to believe it. It reminds be on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Oh well, the two new owners will just have to figure it out difficult way.