Has the Persephone docked yet?
Yeah, the passengers are going through customs now
Here they come
It's Mrs. 
AsterHey, 
Mrs. Aster, over here
Hey, how was the trip?
Is that the latest 
Paris style?
Look, there's 
Colonel Vanderbilt
Hey, Colonel, enjoyed those 
French Pastries, did you?
There's nothing there we don't have
Bigger and better over here, 
I assure you
Thanks, Colonel
There, that's 
Oscar Hammerstein, ain't it?
Hey, Mr. H, over here, this way
H-How was 
Europe?Hey, there she is
Miss Daae, 
Miss DaaeChristine, 
Miss DaaeHer name is 
Madame De 
ChagnyNow stand aside, stand aside please
No pictures, do you hear?
No pictures of my wife
No pictures of the boy
Hey, hey Christine, why 
Coney Island?
Your first concert in years
Why aren't you singing it at the [Incomprehensible]
The Countess has been engaged by a well known persona
Well known?
I have never seen the guy
Hey, how do you lower great 
Christine 
Daaé over here anyway
It's the money, right?
Yeah, all that 
American moolah?
Oh, hey, Christine, what you gonna sing, 
Yankee Doodle 
Moolah?My wife is an artist, sir
Yeah, and her art is payin' off your gamblin' debts
It's what they're sayin' in 
FranceIs it true you left your entire fortune on a roulette table in 
Monte Carlo?
What an insult, how dare?
Father, not now, 
GustaveHey kid, how's it feel to have a famous mother?
This your first time in 
America?What do you plan do to here in 
Coney?I, I want to learn how to swim
I said, leave the child alone
God's sake, didn't this 
Mr. Y send someone to receive us?
Mother, look
Right over there
Across the square
What is it?
Strange, never seen anything like it