Some progress

Right, I *finally* got round to rough-typing another chapter of Arctic Raoul (ch28 -- it helps that this was a relatively short one by recent standards). It's amazing how much productivity you can gain by the simple act of quitting your web browser!

Chapter 21	Survival	3450 words
Chapter 22	Close Quarters	3586
Chapter 23	A Ship of Seals	3491
Chapter 24	A Slip in Translation	4329
Chapter 25	Confessions	5391
Chapter 26	The House of Chagny	4091
Chapter 27	Unexpected	3920
Chapter 28	To Turn the Page	3309 (provisionally)

(Previous chapter lengths.)

The Vicomte of the Opera

I located the original 'Vicomte of the Opera' reference: https://fdelopera.tumblr.com/post/61559039983/spindleshanking-phantines-one-thing-that-has

Le Fantôme de l'Opéra without Raoul would still be an intensely gripping and tragic story. Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (Le Vicomte de l'Opéra, perhaps?) without Erik, however, would be quite bland, at least by comparison. (Think about it – a young, wealthy vicomte falls in love with his childhood sweetheart when he sees her perform at the Opéra, and after several months of courtship, he marries her, against the wishes of his older brother. The end.)

(This being the reference to which my response was: "I already wrote it, as Count Philippe Takes a Hand" :-D)