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The chief machinist Joseph Buquet is the Phantom’s first fatal victim. Although not much is known about Buquet’s life, it is likely that, after describing the Phantom’s appearance in detail, he discovered Erik’s secret passageway behind the Roi de Lahore scenery. After entering it, Buquet must have fallen in the torture room, where Erik then killed him with a Punjab cord, later trying to make this death seem like a suicide. The strange circumstances surrounding Buquet’s death—since he dies by hanging yet no cord can be found—convinces the narrator that it is not a natural death, but must be related to the other strange events taking place at the Opera.
Joseph Buquet Quotes in The Phantom of the Opera
The The Phantom of the Opera quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Buquet or refer to Joseph Buquet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“He is extraordinarily thin and his black coat hangs loosely off his skeletal frame. His eyes are so deep-set that you cannot make out his pupils: all you can see are two big black holes, as in a skull. His skin is stretched over his bone structure like a drumhead, and is not white but an ugly yellow. His nose is almost non-existent when seen sideways; and this absence is a horrible thing to behold. As for his hair, it consists of no more than three or four long dark strands on his forehead and behind his ears.”
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Joseph Buquet Quotes in The Phantom of the Opera
The The Phantom of the Opera quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Buquet or refer to Joseph Buquet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
“He is extraordinarily thin and his black coat hangs loosely off his skeletal frame. His eyes are so deep-set that you cannot make out his pupils: all you can see are two big black holes, as in a skull. His skin is stretched over his bone structure like a drumhead, and is not white but an ugly yellow. His nose is almost non-existent when seen sideways; and this absence is a horrible thing to behold. As for his hair, it consists of no more than three or four long dark strands on his forehead and behind his ears.”
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