Christine awakes from fainting
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vicomte_de_chagnyI've just noticed a detail that never struck me before about Raoul's rush to Christine's dressing-room after the success of her gala performance. Not only does he have the nerve to take it upon himself to suggest that the room is too crowded and that all 'ces messieurs' (including his own elder brother and the managers of the theatre) ought to be asked to leave, but apparently he actually has her in his arms at the moment when she awakes.
We are told that Raoul arrives in the dressing-room immediately on the heels of the doctor who has been called to attend to Christine, and that Ainsi, le médecin et l’amoureux se trouvèrent dans le même moment aux côtés de Christine, qui reçut les premiers soins de l’un et ouvrit les yeux dans les bras de l’autre; thus the doctor and the lover were at Christine's side at the same time, and she received first aid from the one and opened her eyes in the arms of the other.
Echoes of Raoul's own subsequent awakening at Perros-Guirec, where Christine rushes to revive him after his frozen night, and the first thing he sees when opening his eyes is her worried face bending over him ;-)
When Christine turns her head, perceives Raoul and trembles (which, with hindsight, we know to be due to the fact that she dreads the reaction of The Voice to this inopportune meeting, which she has been trying so dutifully to avoid), apparently she is actually in his embrace at the time... although since he immediately drops to one knee and kisses her hand, I feel that he had probably laid her down in the interim!
We are told that Raoul arrives in the dressing-room immediately on the heels of the doctor who has been called to attend to Christine, and that Ainsi, le médecin et l’amoureux se trouvèrent dans le même moment aux côtés de Christine, qui reçut les premiers soins de l’un et ouvrit les yeux dans les bras de l’autre; thus the doctor and the lover were at Christine's side at the same time, and she received first aid from the one and opened her eyes in the arms of the other.
Echoes of Raoul's own subsequent awakening at Perros-Guirec, where Christine rushes to revive him after his frozen night, and the first thing he sees when opening his eyes is her worried face bending over him ;-)
When Christine turns her head, perceives Raoul and trembles (which, with hindsight, we know to be due to the fact that she dreads the reaction of The Voice to this inopportune meeting, which she has been trying so dutifully to avoid), apparently she is actually in his embrace at the time... although since he immediately drops to one knee and kisses her hand, I feel that he had probably laid her down in the interim!
