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“THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME, 27 3 ‘tg 9 CHAPTER III. . to me to know, better than a master of the mint or a mark by this outwardsymbol the irresistible clerics Jew of the Pont aux Changeurs, that a gold crown is | vocation of the archdéacon. THE BELLS. woe 4 we -five umzains, at twenty-five sous ei 4 The door had opened to - oftly that Dom a Was iers Parisis each, ir I have not a single miserable | not aware of the presence o » *The youn, | Ever since the moerne s-nend Quasimodo underwent black liard to risk on the double six! Oh Consul | scapegrace took advantage of this cireuimstance 1. the punishment ‘ aw rs oa’ eo good peo eae Cicero! this is not a calamity irom which one may | explore the cell for a few moments, To the lett of the dwell in the ae ahora : re Repay > rdo extricate one’s self with periphrases, with quemadmo- arm-chair and beneath the small window a larce , thabthey, perceby Boliee that - ant, hi bells areor | dums and verumenimveros.’ furnace, which be had net remarked ut the | b glance. for Pee nS. nr . os Fol eaten i fir | He began to pnt on his elothes in silent sadness, | |The ray of light which entered at the aperture passed going on ne re sine. oft ae ne hich hifi’ | While lacing lis buskiris, a thought occurred to him, | through a circular cobweb, in the centerot whieh the lasted from prime ake ae me ohMfateliing a ling | bUt he gave it up immediately. Again it presented | | motionless insect architect lockéd like the nave of this: merry peals for & we noite tS of AY atets of mingling itself, and he put on his,vest the wrong side out, an | wheel of lace, On the furnace lay in disorder all sorts in the air eam the h, mf king end all soli ME | evident sign of some. violent inward struggle. of vessels, glass, Vials, retorts; and matrisses. There sounds. The o ure quas F hoch yal length, dashing his cap upon the ground, he p< | was no fire in the furnace, nor did it a appear to have ous, seemed to ee, . ay a f it of -" *0U | « Yes, will go to my brother ; I shall get a lecture, | been lighted for a considerable’ time. glass mask, © cclanormaney + Pal Shane br spit a te te but then I et acrown.”’ ‘which Jehan observed anong’ the implements of ; es oe d i : have f ry sea “aoa tne Then hastily eo. on his surcoat trimmed with einen, and which, no doubt, served to te spirit thec yet deull we d ae te h lidays, "% © fur, and picking up his cap, he rushed out of .the | arc ideacon’s face when he was at work upon at d Tat 2 pri a 4 te ie Ad une- | room’, He went down to the Rue de la Harpe toward | dangerous substance, layin one cerper, covered” HS ‘oh h rm oy a . eg merely AA oy the city. As he passed the Rue de la Hutchette his | dust, and, as it were, forgotten. By his side ~w aa 1 a whisk’ a . " oh. "that oF © | olfactories were gratified by the smell of the joints | pair "of beHows equally dusty, the upper”stirface of -9 dou ee - Mert og! *" ethan t. th rs the incessantly roasting there, and he cast.a sheep's eye which bore this legend nlaid ‘in letters of coppers — op cree .. - w dh . i "th, t th ormer | at the gigantic apparatus which one day drew from | SPrRA, SPERA. . . me was loft. oe SO Yin ‘ie i “ was Calatagirone, the Franciscan, this pathetic exclama- Other mottoes in great number were inscribed, ac-" ne orthe aia still. the But nae cee i tion: Veramente, queste rotisserie sono cosa stupenda! | cording'to the custom of the hermetic philosophers, Sa aaiadiien ti Set z bs ae eo him But Jehan had net wherewithal to geta breakfast,! upon the walls, some written with ink, and- others ~ fo antl ves net aig heart ? Did he @ had! and with a deep sigh he pursued his course under | cut as if with a graver. Gothic, Hebrew, Greek, ana i. kee tion. € e “ f th 3 ti 6.still feel, | the gateway of the Petit Chatelet, that enormous | Roman letters were ali mixed together; the inse in —— © 18s cated ea b executioner, and had cluster of massive towers which, ‘guarded the entrance | tious ran into one another: the more” recent’ effacing pe od om ‘nie fohdinad -, such ‘treatment, €X- | to the city., the older, and all dovetailing like the boughs oh | eae th Ph Mary had fee "Th 8? a was it | “We did not even take the time to throw a stone in clump ol, trees, r pikes in a battle. They compc ie ri of Nok ry ry at in the. nent nits passing, as it was then customary, at the mutilated | in fact a confused medley of all human philosop : ve aged Fp entat tos that she and her four- statue of that Perinet Leclerc, Ww ho had surrendered | reveries, and knowledge. There was one — teen. cisteryareus x tm ected Tor a, More beautiful and @/the Paris of Charles VI. to the Fnglish—a crime for | there which was co spicnous above the rest, more lovely obje which his effigy, defaced by stones and covered with | | pennon among the heads of lances. Most of thi . mud, did penance for three centuries, at the corner | were short Latin or Greek mottots, such as the of the streets of La Harpe and Bussy, as in a perpet- | Age was so clever at devising: Undez? inde? Home - ual pillory. homini monsteum. Astra, castra; momen, numen. M. Having crossed the Petit Pont, Jehan at length | Bidlion; megaikakon. Stipere aude. Flat ubi vult found himself before Notre-Dame. Again he wavered Sometimes there occurred a@ word without any in his purpose and he walked for _a few moments repnd the statue of M. Legris, repe Ming J to himself: am sure of the lectur@, but I shall get the crown ?” Tt so happened that in this year of grace, 1482, the Annunciation fell upon Tuesday, the ad ot Bear se " On that day the was so lis t Quasimodo felt reviving a a ane Ne bells. He went up therefore into the north to - whilst be- low the l threw wide open ‘the doors of ‘the church, which were at that time formed of enormous slabs. of oak, covered with hide, bordered with nails of iron gilt, and adorned with caring “most cunningly wrought.” Having -eached the high loft of the gpa Quasi- modo gazed for some time at the six bells witha m Khake of the , as if lamenting that po e other ob- ject had intrud itself into his heart between them and him» But when he had get them in. motes, ¥ was he felt this bunch of bells swi g in he saw, for he could not hear the Dalpitatin oct running up and down that. eongm us P scale, , hop from twig to twig; when the demon bot retheke, that demon which shakes a pistering quixpr, of stretti, oe trills, and arpeggios, had taken possession of the poor deaf bell-ringer , he was ofice more happy, he forgot ali his trouble, his heart expanded, and his tace bright- ened u Renal to and fro, he cl ie hands, he ran frou rope wares , he us the ed the six chimers with voice and al er of aD orchestra spurs vn ip igent Lee “ into os luce, for’ ‘tie liday. Don't lag, thou rusty, ag | "Move, move; Well done! Quick, ick | it lustily: all deat like _ at’s right, bravely ult! Guillaume, Guillam , thou art the st i) fact lw the least, seni * uier beats I'll enyage, hear ! well done, = d etill | Soho! "ro net hea Be. ve out th the is it to have sana to sing” ite Me, saat *Tis Poor Guillaume ! me! thot art ae of breitin “my big fellow !’"” thus en; aged in egging on his bells, which all six bor mnded and shook their shining haun Hike | jy of Spanish mules, ed first this way ophes of the driver. All at 2W eye between the large slates, cover re ndieular wall of the : hei descried in the Place a Feteok o sto ~ and spread ttle t on which a’ . - - - rent signification, as Anagehothagia, which e nionasti f 3i- “ PE EEE OE EE eS EE ae bly disguise some bitter allusion to tem ; sometimes @ simple maxim of ¢ in the form.of a regular hexanieter, There were also by the way Hebrew scrawls, whic i Jehan, who knew ~ very little of Greek, could not decipher, oy a who pt was crossed in all directions by stars, fi ies and beasts,‘and tri es, which interne i other, and contributed not a little to bye tiny the cell resemble a sheet of paper RD ht key had been scribbling with pS Ren, In other respects the cell exh . a ener ance of neglect and re Op ; of the utensils it migh he ¢ loag pe diverted from his usu | oe stop da verger who was conting from the clois- ‘Where is the deacon of Josas?” he ingtred. “ I believe he is in his closet in the tower,” replied the verger ; ‘‘and I.would pot — you to disturb him there, unfess you have a m e from some such person as the Popé or Monsieur the King.’, Jehan clapped his hands. “By Jupiter "he ex: claimed, ‘‘a fine opportunity for seeing that famous den of sorcery !” Determined by this reflection, he page th entered at the little back door, an ogan to ascend the wind- ing stairs leading to the upper stories of the sat by ‘“We shall see,’’ said he to hinselt by-the-way. By our Lady! It must be a curious place, that cell whi my reverend brother keeps so. carefully ly to himeelf. They say as bps has a roaring fire there sometimes to cook the philosopher's stone at, By my Yay, I care no more about the philosop :er’s Stone than any cobble pene and I ould’: Pather nd a savory lette on his furnace than the biggest philosopher's stone in the world!” Having reached the pillar gallery, he stood for a mouent and then swore at t C endless s know n om many million cart-loads of aon Rite mine eae Sy meanwhile, bendin serint shorn ancy tesque caintht tormented idea which incesss upon hi, ue Reston So, at. leas hearing utter this soliloquy, wi paus.r o sion a Drown study w ** Yes, Ro ou asserted and Zoro sun is the offspring of fire, the soul of the iniverse. seen iffing | cessantly overflowing and po innumerable currents. maagiiy? pote wt rents intersect pang A in th 0 duce uahe: hs their points of intoreantia i they pr me gle. Light, gold—one a thing} om the staté of fire to th The diff-rencé*between the visible. ald , “pour thy flood Having somewhat vented his spleen, he recommenced his ascent by the little door of the north tower, whi! is now shut st the puviic. Just stter he had the I-coom, he came to a latera recess in there was a low, pointed door. Sh ad vai scholar; “this diet, be the i sup- oo ” ae Bs Ive abe lock, ne te doo apt fastened ; oo n tar eno to look in. the dy'pus has no nes vol the admirable | These same atoms, w works of Rembrandt, t espe: e of 2s law, heed but be condensed a according tok ; Among so many wonder ne, : . How ist a to be done? Sone hare Propos vd te tween the fluid and solid in Goode tn tween»steam and ice, nothing dream ; ‘tis the ee tink of Nature. science to ssionon un piabous aoteet whic i Nich ou ae as it is ¢on- ect it by burying a ray of the sun. tin i oN look ie jk ‘ mar it we vernon —buzi oue hnder thé fits 11 azzled, — ™m e left, in the sanctuary of the Koran n ‘the ral which isa atte cee Fh aay globes, alembics, co ro teas hie- with roglyphics. Before this ae is ‘lie docior Becta in a coarse, loose gueat-coat, and with his fur cap pulled 7 down to his very eyebrows. The lower part of his : a = ae circle i specta eniy changed | Peron snotto be seen. Half risen from his im- for wee! a gale! his twusical en- eae a etable and is locking with costoty nana | {that it would: be: better to: operate “upon thusiaam, as a of air oats 4denin. “ge UPOD Mme vans CUFZOSITY Fl Sirius. But it is very difficult to rhe, ay aaa u breath ack terror ata large luminous circle, ccmposed of magic |p A panen “tatmed elle and for- oof ward from ae Me ale te the | letters, which glares upon the opposite wall, like ee lar spectrum ina dark room. This cabalistic sun 4p danci th that pensive, tender look, | °° her ow yt we wi pe e, Hind nay > on: seems to tremble to the eye, and fills the ead ies th its mysteri - Iti le, and it i ie ay rele 30 het 7 | with y ous radiance s terrible, a 8 © all ouge, to hone oa “ine lovers of do fom the at da ay hooant en to the weet lkily a8 a dog Dec wink raw teve bela wpiece of mes and erren f a stone. . _ rey ‘ a noisy Mo neat Cordova; but the yvanlt m b Ope: to whether the raticn a boot successiu the space of eight thousand y b> alas “ By Jupiter ! “tis a long while 7 wait for a cro said Jehan, to himself. ‘Others have thought,” continued othe ys pure, on account of the simultaneous presence) of the other stars, whose light mingles with it. Flamel conceives that it is more sim roy upon terrestrial fire. Flamel! what . t! Flamma—yeés, fire. That is all sty ma nor is iu charcoal, gold isin fire. w in it t to. tracted ? Magistri affirms that oon cert names of women possessing so sweet 80 mysterior a charm, that it is sufficient to pronouz the operation, . Let us see what Mandy subject: ‘Where women are honered:t ; where they are despised it is usele to the gods. iy Wales a Ms nal itis a runnin on & woman o ochapeestnne rH wwrthee ~pt ee w ‘o vowels, and to be like words wu! Yes, the philos Tr is ht; thus, La Maria, ota ha apa a in Exmeral. erdition' sienepe-al- ways+-that vehoughs" He closed the book with vialenes: cS) “a his hand over his brow, as if to chase awdy the ps Ae sod it annoyed him ; and. then took up a £ hammer, the handle of which was € at pe with cabalistic letters. A scene not unlike the cell Faustus presented itself to the view of Jehan, when ventured to look in at the half-open door. This, too, was a gloomy hole into which the light, was very apenitgly admitted. It contained, £00, a great arm-chair anda large table, compasses embi skeletons of an hangitig from the te me lying, upon the floor pell- mel with glass jars, filled with liquids various colo , CLAUDE FROLLO’S CELL. as skulls placed on parchments scrawledover wit nonved and letters, thick manuscripts wide open and heaped seve Te wa Neng in eRe the dadiioaleadihe a one upon another—in <p aj] the rnblish of science tache, it go be pened that our young friend Jehan | #4 the has seve) ed with dust and cobwebs; but Frollo du perceived, while dressing nimeelf, there was i : ne luminous letters, no : r q that his breeches, containing his pursé, gave out no conte the pan 4 ating the flaming vision as the eagle * urse !”’ wing it forth from his" poc K it io au e Py The cell, however, was not occupied. _A map seated cruelly thom. Ve .in’ the arm-cbair Was as ae ing over the table. His tavern ! re tho bo tam ‘pack was turn 0 could se she more t ep I would just his shoulders and tie hinder t of his head; but “For some time pagt,”’ pening — tke the lene Denes a of af ae sien uate, nea no wre bad to recognize t a own On “T have failéd in eared works lie scattered on the floor, of w’ use is 3 wet which Nature made ap everlag tonsure, as ifto haunts me, and aba A rs r stuile e, eat d iron. I (EOMMIUCE OOK)