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And
it
had
needed
Carlotta
’
s
incomprehensible
and
inexcusable
absence
from
this
gala
night
for
the
little
Daae
,
at
a
moment
’
s
warning
,
to
show
all
that
she
could
do
in
a
part
of
the
program
reserved
for
the
Spanish
diva
!
Well
,
what
the
subscribers
wanted
to
know
was
,
why
had
Debienne
and
Poligny
applied
to
Daae
,
when
Carlotta
was
taken
ill
?
Did
they
know
of
her
hidden
genius
?
And
,
if
they
knew
of
it
,
why
had
they
kept
it
hidden
?
And
why
had
she
kept
it
hidden
?
Oddly
enough
,
she
was
not
known
to
have
a
professor
of
singing
at
that
moment
.
She
had
often
said
she
meant
to
practise
alone
for
the
future
.
The
whole
thing
was
a
mystery
.
The
Comte
de
Chagny
,
standing
up
in
his
box
,
listened
to
all
this
frenzy
and
took
part
in
it
by
loudly
applauding
.
Philippe
Georges
Marie
Comte
de
Chagny
was
just
forty
-
one
years
of
age
.
He
was
a
great
aristocrat
and
a
good
-
looking
man
,
above
middle
height
and
with
attractive
features
,
in
spite
of
his
hard
forehead
and
his
rather
cold
eyes
.
He
was
exquisitely
polite
to
the
women
and
a
little
haughty
to
the
men
,
who
did
not
always
forgive
him
for
his
successes
in
society
.
He
had
an
excellent
heart
and
an
irreproachable
conscience
.
On
the
death
of
old
Count
Philibert
,
he
became
the
head
of
one
of
the
oldest
and
most
distinguished
families
in
France
,
whose
arms
dated
back
to
the
fourteenth
century
.
The
Chagnys
owned
a
great
deal
of
property
;
and
,
when
the
old
count
,
who
was
a
widower
,
died
,
it
was
no
easy
task
for
Philippe
to
accept
the
management
of
so
large
an
estate
.
His
two
sisters
and
his
brother
,
Raoul
,
would
not
hear
of
a
division
and
waived
their
claim
to
their
shares
,
leaving
themselves
entirely
in
Philippe
’
s
hands
,
as
though
the
right
of
primogeniture
had
never
ceased
to
exist
.
When
the
two
sisters
married
,
on
the
same
day
,
they
received
their
portion
from
their
brother
,
not
as
a
thing
rightfully
belonging
to
them
,
but
as
a
dowry
for
which
they
thanked
him
.
The
Comtesse
de
Chagny
,
nee
de
Moerogis
de
La
Martyniere
,
had
died
in
giving
birth
to
Raoul
,
who
was
born
twenty
years
after
his
elder
brother
.
At
the
time
of
the
old
count
’
s
death
,
Raoul
was
twelve
years
of
age
.
Philippe
busied
himself
actively
with
the
youngster
’
s
education
.
He
was
admirably
assisted
in
this
work
first
by
his
sisters
and
afterward
by
an
old
aunt
,
the
widow
of
a
naval
officer
,
who
lived
at
Brest
and
gave
young
Raoul
a
taste
for
the
sea
.
The
lad
entered
the
Borda
training
-
ship
,
finished
his
course
with
honors
and
quietly
made
his
trip
round
the
world
.
Thanks
to
powerful
influence
,
he
had
just
been
appointed
a
member
of
the
official
expedition
on
board
the
Requin
,
which
was
to
be
sent
to
the
Arctic
Circle
in
search
of
the
survivors
of
the
D
’
Artoi
’
s
expedition
,
of
whom
nothing
had
been
heard
for
three
years
.
Meanwhile
,
he
was
enjoying
a
long
furlough
which
would
not
be
over
for
six
months
;
and
already
the
dowagers
of
the
Faubourg
Saint
-
Germain
were
pitying
the
handsome
and
apparently
delicate
stripling
for
the
hard
work
in
store
for
him
.
The
shyness
of
the
sailor
-
lad
—
I
was
almost
saying
his
innocence
—
was
remarkable
.
He
seemed
to
have
but
just
left
the
women
’
s
apron
-
strings
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
petted
as
he
was
by
his
two
sisters
and
his
old
aunt
,
he
had
retained
from
this
purely
feminine
education
manners
that
were
almost
candid
and
stamped
with
a
charm
that
nothing
had
yet
been
able
to
sully
.
He
was
a
little
over
twenty
-
one
years
of
age
and
looked
eighteen
.
He
had
a
small
,
fair
mustache
,
beautiful
blue
eyes
and
a
complexion
like
a
girl
’
s
.
Philippe
spoiled
Raoul
.
To
begin
with
,
he
was
very
proud
of
him
and
pleased
to
foresee
a
glorious
career
for
his
junior
in
the
navy
in
which
one
of
their
ancestors
,
the
famous
Chagny
de
La
Roche
,
had
held
the
rank
of
admiral
.
He
took
advantage
of
the
young
man
’
s
leave
of
absence
to
show
him
Paris
,
with
all
its
luxurious
and
artistic
delights
.
The
count
considered
that
,
at
Raoul
’
s
age
,
it
is
not
good
to
be
too
good
.
Philippe
himself
had
a
character
that
was
very
well
-
balanced
in
work
and
pleasure
alike
;
his
demeanor
was
always
faultless
;
and
he
was
incapable
of
setting
his
brother
a
bad
example
.
He
took
him
with
him
wherever
he
went
.
He
even
introduced
him
to
the
foyer
of
the
ballet
.
I
know
that
the
count
was
said
to
be
"
on
terms
"
with
Sorelli
.
But
it
could
hardly
be
reckoned
as
a
crime
for
this
nobleman
,
a
bachelor
,
with
plenty
of
leisure
,
especially
since
his
sisters
were
settled
,
to
come
and
spend
an
hour
or
two
after
dinner
in
the
company
of
a
dancer
,
who
,
though
not
so
very
,
very
witty
,
had
the
finest
eyes
that
ever
were
seen
!
And
,
besides
,
there
are
places
where
a
true
Parisian
,
when
he
has
the
rank
of
the
Comte
de
Chagny
,
is
bound
to
show
himself
;
and
at
that
time
the
foyer
of
the
ballet
at
the
Opera
was
one
of
those
places
.
Lastly
,
Philippe
would
perhaps
not
have
taken
his
brother
behind
the
scenes
of
the
Opera
if
Raoul
had
not
been
the
first
to
ask
him
,
repeatedly
renewing
his
request
with
a
gentle
obstinacy
which
the
count
remembered
at
a
later
date
.
On
that
evening
,
Philippe
,
after
applauding
the
Daae
,
turned
to
Raoul
and
saw
that
he
was
quite
pale
.
"
Don
’
t
you
see
,
"
said
Raoul
,
"
that
the
woman
’
s
fainting
?
"
