


Will you still play, when all the rest of us are dead.? AUCTIONEER: Lot 666, then: a chandelier in pieces. your velvet lining and your figurine of lead. RAOUL: (sung in head) A collector's piece indeed. Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny. Thirty, and do I hear thirty-five madame? (Madame Giry shakes her head)Selling at thiry then, thirty once, twice. AUCTIONEER: May I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then? Fifteen I am bid. This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order. Attatched, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes, playing the cymbals. And now, lot 665,ladies and gentlemen: a papier-maché musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ. Six? And you sir seven? Seven against you sir. Do I here ten? No, five then? Five, thank you sir. Lot 664, a wooden pistol and three human skulls from Hannibal, a production by Chalemeu.
