Granville's estate

"There is a passage behind the stage of the Misard Opera House, which is only open to some people. It leads directly to a small door of the Opera House. Once you go out, you can attract a rented carriage-if you leave from there, you will almost never attract it. attention of anyone in the theater."

After the viscount arrogantly reminded Alred that he should make a decisive decision, his attendant Cabo spoke at the right time, and the meaning was almost clear: "Sir, we need us to help you and Mary now." Miss lead the way?"

"Shut up you guys, Jambede!"

Hearing what Karbo said, Margaret, who was already very upset, immediately said to their master and servant angrily, if Alrede hadn't grabbed her hand in time, she might have stretched out her hand The mask came off and was thrown in Callister's face.

Margaret's move scared Alred and Louis into a cold sweat - if she really took off the mask here, the consequences are not a joke, there are other unknown men here!

"Mary, stop messing around!"

At this moment, Alred was really angry. While stopping Margaret from struggling, he looked at the person who suggested this to him, and soon he found the clothes and clothes of the two servants beside Callister. The man who bumped into him in the crowd and told him Marguerite was behind the stage was very similar.

"Ah, sir, it was you! Did your people help me?" Alred said, this time he finally recognized the viscount's distinctive blue and green eyes: "How could you At the Opera Misard? And...?"

He looked back at Louis in great confusion, as if he was asking how the Viscount so happened to appear in the same place as his friend—and it was still in the prop room where not many people would come!

After being looked at by Alred, Louis felt his heart beating wildly. Even though he knew that Alred could not know what happened between the Viscount and him, he still had something bad to do. A sense of panic about being exposed.

"I, I happened to meet...meet this gentleman in the opera house." Louis said in a panic. He felt that his current voice must sound strange, but in fact it was just his own illusion: "He After knowing that we were looking for Miss Mary and Miss Lisa, he sent people around him to help us, and it was because of the generosity of this gentleman that I was able to know that Miss Mary was here."

"Is that so?"

Perhaps it was because of the attendant who told him where Marguerite was, Alred couldn't help feeling more fond of the arrogant Viscount de Durand: "In that case, thank you very much, sir! Otherwise I still can't find out where Mary and the others are."

"I don't need you to come looking for me!" Margaret said angrily, trying to shake off Alred's grip on her hand.

"Don't be like this, Mary, Madam is still waiting for you to go back with me!"

Seeing Alred's attention being diverted by Margaret, Louis felt he was relieved. At this moment, he saw Callister tilted his head and looked at him with a half-smile.

"Sir," Louis said to Callister, he was a little afraid to look into the eyes of the Viscount, but what the Viscount said before made him uneasy: "What you just said means that Miss Mary will If you stay here, will there be other troubles?"

"Of course." The Viscount said, he did not deny to Alred that Louis' so-called "coincidentally met", but used the same arrogant tone as before, as if he really just met them here: "If this If the lady continues to make trouble like this, you may really attract the attention of the kind of people this lady hates the most, after all, in Paris, there is no shortage of caring people who sniff around like hounds."

The words were a bit cryptic, and Louis was stunned for a moment, remembering that in the box on the third floor, his attendant once said, "Miss Margaret seems to regard us as spies from the police station", and immediately understood Carlis Especially reminding them of something.

At this time, the orchestra on the outside stage began to play a brisk Tarantella dance-this is a male and female dance music from Italy, also known as the "Dance of the Poisonous Spider", which is frivolous but very popular ——Under the cover of the music, Louis leaned closer to Alred, and whispered two words to him: "Spy!"

Alred's expression suddenly changed. This terrible word undoubtedly reminded him of some unpleasant things, and it also made him immediately make up his mind that he would rather make his beloved unhappy and take her away from here .He gestured to Louis where Elisa was with his eyes, then grabbed Margaret's wrist, and said to his attendant, "Sir, please take us out now!"

"As I said, I won't go with you," said Margaret angrily. She tried to push Alred away, but when a man decided to ignore the principle of respecting the wishes of a lady, he was very concerned about her. Suppression is almost absolute: "What kind of status are you, and what right do you have to control me?"

"Mary, you can lose your temper with me any way you want when you go back." Alred said, Margaret's attitude hurt him a little, but he still held her hand tightly: "No matter what, I won't let you stay in such a place—sir!"

"Yes sir, please come with me."

Carbo said calmly, after getting his master's nod, he strode towards the passage they came in, and Alrede followed along with him, pulling Margaret very forcefully.

Louis followed their footsteps and walked a few steps before realizing that there was another Elisa in the props room, so he turned back, because Margaret had been taken away by Alred, he took it for granted that Ellie Sa will also follow them: "Miss Lisa, please come with me quickly! Otherwise we may get separated."

Eliza looked at him, then at Margaret, who was being taken away by Alred, and she giggled for a long time.

"Sir, I don't want to be treated as a gift when I buy things." She said lightly, and took out a small silk folding fan from no one knew where, and used it to replace the girls who danced tarantella. The tambourine commonly used by dancers, and then lightly tiptoed: "You are here for Mary, aren't you? Now your goal has been achieved, and as for me, you don't need to worry about it."

"Uh, Miss Liza..."

Elisa and Marguerite have the same identity. Hearing her refusal to leave the Misard Opera House, Louis felt that it was very inappropriate. He wanted to go to Elisa to persuade her, but he didn't take two steps. Callister reached out and stopped him.

"Sir?" Louis looked at Callister in confusion, not understanding why the other party wanted to stop him.

Callister glanced at him. Under the dim light of the hanging lamp, his eyes were like those of a wolf. When he stared at people, he could give people a great sense of oppression.

"Miss, are you sure you don't want to follow us out of here now?"

Callister asked slowly, and he didn't seem in any hurry.

"I say, gentlemen, you have taken one of the ladies, and you will leave us the other?"

The man dressed as the court minister finally spoke, he must be very annoyed that he spent an extra five francs to enter the prop room with two beautiful girls, but before he succeeded, one of them was snatched by others gone.

"Sir, if I were you, I wouldn't speak at this time." Callister said, his nobleman's arrogance and contempt when facing civilians hardly needs to be concealed: "Interrupting other people's conversation is It's a very rude thing, but judging by your appearance, probably no one has taught you this most basic principle."

"you!"

The appearance of this fake minister being defeated in front of the viscount must have pleased Elisa, she laughed presumptuously, and had no scruples about that gentleman at all - so it seems that this lady's waywardness is actually not Not much worse than Margaret.

"I'm going to continue dancing, goodbye, gentlemen." Eliza said while smiling, she opened the folding fan in her hand, and gently let it turn in an elegant arc between her fingers: "Ah, and, goodbye , Mary!"

Her last sentence was to say goodbye to her friends. Louis looked back, only to find that the figures of Alred and Margaret had disappeared behind many props led by Karbo.

"In this case, I will leave someone by your side to ensure your safety." The Viscount said very simply, and he gestured to the attendant standing next to Minister Gu Ming: "Then, I wish you a happy evening tonight." Pleasant memories, Miss Lisa."

"Wait, wait, sir, I think it's better for Miss Lisa to leave with us..."

Louis did not expect that the Viscount would agree to allow Elisa to stay at the Misard Opera House. He wanted to persuade him a few more words, but the Viscount reminded him: "If you delay any longer, you will not be able to catch up with your friend."

"But……"

Just when Louis was in a dilemma, Callister was no longer ready to waste any more time in this place. He pulled Louis past him and signaled another attendant to lead the way.

Louis was dragged by the viscount and stumbled out. When he was about to walk out of the corner of the prop room, he subconsciously looked back.

Elisa, who stayed in the props room, started dancing again, gracefully turning the fan in her hand along with the Tarantella music coming from the other side of the stage.This kind of male and female dance from Italy should have two people cooperate with each other, plus the tambourine in the hands of the female dancer to express the uncontrollable sadness or joy of those bitten by poisonous spiders, but Elisa Completely ignoring the graciousness of the Minister Gu Ming who wanted to dance this kind of dance with her, she took the fan in her hand as her own tambourine, and took this small corner of the prop room as an empty palace, as if no one else was there. She danced as if she was about to cry in the next moment.

In all fairness, Elisa dances so beautifully that people can't help but want to be bitten by the poisonous tarantella spider, cry or cry for uncontrollable emotions. Smile; even if Louis knew her identity, he couldn't help but be attracted by this kind of beauty called art, and he didn't come back to his senses until Callister tugged him unhappy.

"Sir, is it not good for us to leave Miss Elisa here?" Louis said to Callister, trying to take his hand out of the Viscount's while speaking, but failed: " I'm still worried about her, the two people around her don't look like serious people."

"With my people around, she won't be in any danger."