Like Inspector Mifroid, the incompetent, unimaginative examining magistrate for the de Chagny case is unable to reach satisfying conclusions about the mysterious events that took place at the Opera. Faure’s inability to believe that a ghost or Phantom ever existed leads him to assume that Raoul must have gone crazy, and that Count Philippe’s death was accidental. His shallow, skeptical attitude causes him to dismiss the Persian’s testimony and conclude that Daroga, like Raoul, must be insane.