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Quotation from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
“His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as in a dead man's skull.”
The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter I, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The scene-shifter's description of the ghost, repeated by the frightened ballet girls shortly before Buquet is found hanged.
Citation: "His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as in a dead man's skull." — Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter I, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. (id the-phantom-of-the-opera-q2)
Portrait: G. LEROUX, Unidentified photographer, Public domain.
