The Phantom of the Opera [ishimondo]

ACT 1 PROLOGUE

Peko Pekoyama:
Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you.
Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen: a poster for this house's production of "Hannibal" by Chalumeau.

Fuyohiko Kuzuryu:
Showing here.

Peko Pekoyama:
Do I have ten francs? Five then. Five I am bid. Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight. Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to Byakuya. Mr Togami.
Lot 664: a wooden pistol and three human skulls from the 1831 production of "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer. Ten francs for this. Ten, thank you. Ten francs still. Fifteen, thank you, sir fifteen I am bid. Going at fifteen. Your number sir?
665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mache musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ. Attatched, the figure of a bear in Persian robes playing the cymbals. This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order.

Fuyohiko Kuzuryu:
Showing here.

Peko Pekoyama:
My I start at twenty francs. Fifteen then? Fifteen I am bid. Sold, for thirty francs to Mr Togami. Thank you sir.

Byakuya Togami (examining the box):
A collecter's piece indeed.. Every detail exactly as he said. He often spoke of you, my friend.. Your velvet lining, and your figurine of lead. Will you still play? When all the rest of us are dead?

Peko Pekoyama:
Lot 666, then: a chandelier in pieces. Some of
you may recall the strange affair of the
Phantom of the Opera: a mystery never fully
explained. We are told ladies and gentlemen,
that this is the very chandelier which figures in
the famous disaster. Our workshops have
restored it and fitted up parts of it with wiring
for the new electric light, so that we may get a
hint of what it may look like when re-
assembled. Perhaps we may frighten away the
ghost of so many years ago with a little
illumination, gentlemen?