All 7 Uses of
deceive
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- At last, I received the proof that my presentiments had not deceived me, and I was rewarded for all my efforts on the day when I acquired the certainty that the Opera ghost was more than a mere shade.†
Chpt Prol.deceived = lied or misled
- Why did you give me every reason for hope, at Perros ...for honest hope, madam, for I am an honest man and I believed you to be an honest woman, when your only intention was to deceive me!†
Chpt 9deceive = lie or mislead
- Alas, you have deceived us all!†
Chpt 9deceived = lied or misled
- Any one might have been deceived as I was.†
Chpt 9
- Why deceive us further?†
Chpt 10deceive = lie or mislead
- ...Alas, there is no deceiving the voice!†
Chpt 12deceiving = lying or misleading
- The idea had come to me—for I knew my Erik—that the monster had perhaps deceived the girl once more.†
Chpt 25 *deceived = lied or misled
Definition:
to lie to or mislead someone -- occasionally to lie to oneself by denying reality