Mr. André! Monsieur Pierre-Marie! Dear André, what a splendid party! The prologue to a bright new year! Quite a night! I'm impressed! Oh, but does one's best! Here's to us, the toast before the city! What a pity that the Phantom can't be here! Masquerade! Make the faces of the rain! Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you! Masquerade! Every face a different shape! Masquerade! Look around, there's another mask behind you! Flash of moat, splash of fuse! Fool and king, fool and goose! Queen and mag, queen and beast! Trace of rouge, face of beast! Faces! Take your turn! Take a glide on the merry-go-round! In an impudent race! Eye of blue, true is false, fool is fool! Curl of lip, swirl of gown! Ace of hearts, ace of heart! Faces! Drink it deep, drink it up! Till you drown in the light! In the star, but who can make the face? Masquerade! Pretty girls, pretty friends! Masquerade! Take your pills, it's a spectacle! Masquerade! Burning glasses, burning heads! Masquerade! Stop and stare, I can see your smiles around you! Masquerade! Silly shadows, pretty pies! Masquerade! You can fool any friend you ever need! Masquerade! Dilly-dally, fiddly-dive! Masquerade! One pint for a face! Till the scene ends! What a night! What a crowd! Ain't you glad? Ain't you proud? All the creme de la creme! Watching us, watching them! And the lights are in the past! Three months! Of relief! Of delight! Of Elysian peace! And we can breathe at last! No more ghosts! No more ghosts! Here's a toast! To a prosperous year! To our friends who are here! And we are three months! Of play! Of change! What a blessed release! And with a masquerade! Think of it, a secret engagement. Look, your future bride. Just think of it. But why is it secret? What have we to hide? You promised me. No, Ralph, please don't. They'll see. Well, then let them see. It's an engagement, not a crime. Christine, what are you afraid of? Let's not argue. Please pretend. You will understand in time. I'm not afraid of anything. I'm afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. Master Raid! Make her faces all parade! Master Raid! Find a place for the world you'll never find! Master Raid! Make her faces all parade! Master Raid! Look around, there's another heart behind you! Master Raid! When it comes to killing men! Master Raid! Stop and stare and see your smile will run! Master Raid! When it kills, make it rain! Master Raid! Take your pill, let the spread! All around you! Why so silent, good monsieurs? Did you think that I had left you for good? Have you missed me, good monsieurs? I have written you an offer! Here I bring the finished score! Don Juan Triumphant! Fondest greetings to you all! A few instructions just before it all so starts. Carlotta must be taught to act, not her normal trick of strutting round the stage. Our Don Juan must lose some weight, it's not healthy in a man of Piange's age. And my managers must learn that their place is in an office, not the house. As for our star, Christine Dailly, no doubt she'll do her best, it's true her voice is good, she knows though. Should she wish to excel, she has much still to learn. If pride will let her return to me, a teacher, a teacher. Your chains are still mine, you belong to me! Don Juan Triumphant!