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Quotation from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

“Don't touch me! I am Red Death stalking abroad!”

Gaston Leroux (spoken by Inscription on Erik's cloak)

The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter IX, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Portrait of Gaston Leroux

At the masked ball Erik appears with a death's head and a red-velvet cloak embroidered with these words, an echo of Poe's tale.

Citation: "Don't touch me! I am Red Death stalking abroad!" — Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter IX, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. (id the-phantom-of-the-opera-q4)

Portrait: G. LEROUX, Unidentified photographer, Public domain.

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