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DON (PHANTOM - behind the curtain)
- Go away!
For the is set and waits for its prey . . .
(PASSARINO leaves. (AMINTA) enters. She
takes off her cloak and sits down. Looks her. No-
one. She starts on an apple. The PHANTOM, as
DON pretending to
be PASSARINO, emerges. He now wears
robe, the cowl of which hides his face. His first
her)
DON (PHANTOM)
You have here in pursuit of
deepest urge, in pursuit of
that wish, which now
has silent, silent . . .

I brought you, that our passions
may fuse and merge, in your
already succumbed to me
dropped all defences succumbed to me, now you are here with me:
no second thoughts, decided,
. . .

Past the of no return -
no glances:
the of make believe
are at an end . . .

Past the of "if" or "when" -
no use
thought,
and let the dream . . .

What raging fire flood the soul?
What rich desire unlocks its
What sweet lies before us . . .?
the point of no return,
the threshold, what warm,
unspoken will we learn?
Beyond the
of no . . .

(CHRISTINE)
You have brought me to that
where words run dry, to moment
where disappears into silence,
. . .

I have come here, knowing
the why . . .
In my mind, I've
imagined our entwining
defenseless and -
and now I am with you:
no thoughts, I've decided,
. . .

Past the point of no
no back now:
our has now, at last,
. . .

Past all thought of or wrong -
one final
how long we two wait, before
one . . .?

When will the blood to race
the sleeping bud burst into
When the flames, at last, consume
us . . .?

Past the point of no
the final threshold, the
is crossed, so stand and watch it . . .

We've the point of no return . . .
(By now the and the POLICE have realized that SIGNOR PIANGI is dead behind the curtain, and it is
the PHANTOM who sings in his place. knows it too. As final confirmation, the PHANTOM sings):

Say share with me one
love, one . . .
Lead me, save me my solitude . . .
(He from his finger a ring and holds it out to her.
she takes it and puts it on her finger.)
Say you want me you,
here you . . .
you go let me go too,
Christine all I ask of . . .
(We never reach the word 'you', for CHRISTINE quite calmly the PHANTOM'S face to the audience. As
the FORCES OF LAW in on the horrifying skull,
the PHANTOM sweeps his cloak around her and vanishes. MEG pulls the curtain upstage, PIANGI'S
body garotted, propped against the bed, his head tilted to one side. She screams.)