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Professor Valerius
Papin, a fireman who makes rounds around the theater to prevent any catastrophe, is once terrified by a floating head of fire that he believes to be the Phantom. Some people believe that Papin must have gone mad. However, Raoul and the Persian later discover that this mysterious creature Papin saw is not the Phantom but the rat-catcher, a man in charge of keeping rats away from the Opera building.
Papin Quotes in The Phantom of the Opera
The The Phantom of the Opera quotes below are all either spoken by Papin or refer to Papin. 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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Chapter 1
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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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Papin Quotes in The Phantom of the Opera
The The Phantom of the Opera quotes below are all either spoken by Papin or refer to Papin. 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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