Fantôme de l'Opéra. English, Page 24

  [1] An official report from Tonkin, received in Paris at the end ofJuly, 1909, relates how the famous pirate chief De Tham was tracked,together with his men, by our soldiers; and how all of them succeededin escaping, thanks to this trick of the reeds.

  [2] DAROGA is Persian for chief of police.

  [3] The Persian might easily have admitted that Erik's fate alsointerested himself, for he was well aware that, if the government ofTeheran had learned that Erik was still alive, it would have been allup with the modest pension of the erstwhile daroga. It is only fair,however, to add that the Persian had a noble and generous heart; and Ido not doubt for a moment that the catastrophes which he feared forothers greatly occupied his mind. His conduct, throughout thisbusiness, proves it and is above all praise.