There the ghost sat as naturally as any man. But he neither ate nor drank. No one smiled, or shouted, “the Opera ghost!” Those who had seen him first and smiled were now turning their heads away.
He did not speak, and the people next to him could not say at what exact moment he had sat down between them. The friends of the new managers thought that this guest was a friend of the old managers. And the friends of the old managers thought that he was a friend of the now managers. So, there was no request for an explanation.
A few of those present who knew the story of the ghost and the description of him by Joseph Buquet thought that the man at the end of the table might be him. But, according to the story, the ghost had no nose and this person had. But Monsieur Moncharmin says in his Memories that you could see through the guest’s nose. I will add that this might very well be true of a false nose, made for people who have lost their noses naturally or as a 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 figure there was the Opera ghost? I mention it because it seems so strange. And, it is impossible, isn’t it?
Moncharmin, in chapter eleven of his memories, says:
When I think of this first evening, I cannot separate the secret told to us by Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny in their office from the presence of the ghostly person who none of us knew.
This is what happened: Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny had not seen the man with the face of Death. Suddenly, the man began to speak. “The ballet girls are right,” He said. “The death of that poor Buquet is maybe not as natural as people think.”
There the ghost sat as naturally as any man. But he neither ate nor drank. No one smiled, or shouted, “the Opera ghost!” Those who had seen him first and smiled were now turning their heads away.
He did not speak, and the people next to him could not say at what exact moment he had sat down between them. The friends of the new managers thought that this guest was a friend of the old managers. And the friends of the old managers thought that he was a friend of the now managers. So, there was no request for an explanation.
A few of those present who knew the story of the ghost and the description of him by Joseph Buquet thought that the man at the end of the table might be him. But, according to the story, the ghost had no nose and this person had. But Monsieur Moncharmin says in his Memories that you could see through the guest’s nose. I will add that this might very well be true of a false nose, made for people who have lost their noses naturally or as a 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 figure there was the Opera ghost? I mention it because it seems so strange. And, it is impossible, isn’t it?
Moncharmin, in chapter eleven of his memories, says:
When I think of this first evening, I cannot separate the secret told to us by Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny in their office from the presence of the ghostly person who none of us knew.
This is what happened: Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny had not seen the man with the face of Death. Suddenly, the man began to speak. “The ballet girls are right,” He said. “The death of that poor Buquet is maybe not as natural as people think.”
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