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A
few
of
those
present
who
knew
the
story
of
the
ghost
and
the
description
of
him
given
by
the
chief
scene
-
shifter
—
they
did
not
know
of
Joseph
Buquet
’
s
death
—
thought
,
in
their
own
minds
,
that
the
man
at
the
end
of
the
table
might
easily
have
passed
for
him
;
and
yet
,
according
to
the
story
,
the
ghost
had
no
nose
and
the
person
in
question
had
.
But
M
.
Moncharmin
declares
,
in
his
Memoirs
,
that
the
guest
’
s
nose
was
transparent
:
"
long
,
thin
and
transparent
"
are
his
exact
words
.
I
,
for
my
part
,
will
add
that
this
might
very
well
apply
to
a
false
nose
.
M
.
Moncharmin
may
have
taken
for
transparency
what
was
only
shininess
.
Everybody
knows
that
orthopaedic
science
provides
beautiful
false
noses
for
those
who
have
lost
their
noses
naturally
or
as
the
result
of
an
operation
.
Did
the
ghost
really
take
a
seat
at
the
managers
’
supper
-
table
that
night
,
uninvited
?
And
can
we
be
sure
that
the
figure
was
that
of
the
Opera
ghost
himself
?
Who
would
venture
to
assert
as
much
?
I
mention
the
incident
,
not
because
I
wish
for
a
second
to
make
the
reader
believe
—
or
even
to
try
to
make
him
believe
—
that
the
ghost
was
capable
of
such
a
sublime
piece
of
impudence
;
but
because
,
after
all
,
the
thing
is
impossible
.
M
.
Armand
Moncharmin
,
in
chapter
eleven
of
his
Memoirs
,
says
:
"
When
I
think
of
this
first
evening
,
I
can
not
separate
the
secret
confided
to
us
by
MM
.
Debienne
and
Poligny
in
their
office
from
the
presence
at
our
supper
of
that
GHOSTLY
person
whom
none
of
us
knew
.
"
What
happened
was
this
:
Mm
.
Debienne
and
Poligny
,
sitting
at
the
center
of
the
table
,
had
not
seen
the
man
with
the
death
’
s
head
.
Suddenly
he
began
to
speak
.
"
The
ballet
-
girls
are
right
,
"
he
said
.
"
The
death
of
that
poor
Buquet
is
perhaps
not
so
natural
as
people
think
.
"
Debienne
and
Poligny
gave
a
start
.
"
Is
Buquet
dead
?
"
they
cried
.
"
Yes
,
"
replied
the
man
,
or
the
shadow
of
a
man
,
quietly
.
"
He
was
found
,
this
evening
,
hanging
in
the
third
cellar
,
between
a
farm
-
house
and
a
scene
from
the
Roi
de
Lahore
.
"
The
two
managers
,
or
rather
ex
-
managers
,
at
once
rose
and
stared
strangely
at
the
speaker
.
They
were
more
excited
than
they
need
have
been
,
that
is
to
say
,
more
excited
than
any
one
need
be
by
the
announcement
of
the
suicide
of
a
chief
scene
-
shifter
.
They
looked
at
each
other
.
They
,
had
both
turned
whiter
than
the
table
-
cloth
.
At
last
,
Debienne
made
a
sign
to
Mm
.
Richard
and
Moncharmin
;
Poligny
muttered
a
few
words
of
excuse
to
the
guests
;
and
all
four
went
into
the
managers
’
office
.
I
leave
M
.
Moncharmin
to
complete
the
story
.
In
his
Memoirs
,
he
says
:
