All around me, the ballet girls gush and tell me how well I did, each of them giving me a flower." Yes, you did well. He will be pleased," Madame McGarden says to me. I know exactly who she means. My angel. I smile at her with happiness. Madame turns to the dancers."And you! You were a disgrace tonight! Such ronds de jambe! Such temps de cuisse! Here we rehearse. Now!" she says slamming her cane on the floor. All the ballet girls ran to the dance bar to start practicing.
PHANTOM
Bravi, bravi, bravissimi . . .
I look around, looking for the voice that did that. I turn to see Levy and smile at her.
Levy
Where in the world
have you been hiding?
Really, you were
perfect!
I only wish
I knew your secret!
Who is this new?
Lucy (abstracted, entering the dressing room)
Father once spoke
of an angel . . .
I used to dream he'd
appear . . .
Now as I sing,
I can sense him . . .
And I know
he's here . . .
(trance-like)
Here in this room
he calls me softly . . .
somewhere inside . . .
hiding . . .
Somehow I know
he's always with me . . .
he - the unseen
genius . . .
Levy (uneasily)
Lucy, you must have
been dreaming . . .
stories like this can't
come true . . .
Lucy, you're talking
in riddles . . .
and it's not
like you . . .
Lucy (not hearing her, ecstatic)
Angel of Music!
Guide
and guardian!
Grant to me your
glory!
Levy (to herself)
Who is this angel?
This . . .
BOTH
Angel of Music!
KHide no longer!
Secret and strange
angel . . .
Lucy (darkly)
He's with me, even now . . .
Levy (bewildered)
Your hands are cold . . .
Lucy;
All around me . . .
Levy
Your face, Lucy,
it's . . .
Lucy
It frightens me . . .
Levy
Don't be frightened . . .
Levy embraced me."Levy McGarden. Are you a dancer? Then come and practice." Madame McGarden says. Levy runs to the other dancers and joins them. Madame pulls out a note and gives it to me."My dear, I was told to give you this."She says."Thank you." I thank her. I sit down and open the letter as she leaves. "A red scarf . . . the attic . . . Little Lotte . ."