eleven o'clock in the evening
We now knew all that the monster meant to convey when he said to Christine Daae : `` Yes or no ! If your answer is no , everybody will be dead AND BURIED ! '' Yes , buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera ! The monster had given her until eleven o'clock in the evening . He had chosen his time well . There would be many people , many `` members of the human race , '' up there , in the resplendent theater . What finer retinue could be expected for his funeral ?