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—— A A eee tig column of . liste - - _— meno 50 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME. “I have hada most en / escape from thé gallows in 1” said ringoire, exultingly. , - ya ‘that now! come along, quick !’’ re- ed the other. . th then proceeded at a rapid pace toward the city. : ? > . > . CHAPTER VII. CHATBAUPERS. TO THE RESCUE. THE Feadex, robably recollects the critical situation i ubich ve lett Quasimodo. + The brave hunchback, s na yee, had lost, if not all courage, at lane . all howe of saving, not himsélf—he never once thought of himself—but the Egyptian. consternation to Cas gapery The church was on the paint of being carrie the mob. - All at once the of horses in full gallop was heard in the neigh- boring streets; and presently a wide column of horse- en ding at speed and a long file of torches poured with a tremendous noise into thé Place like a hurricane. “France!” ce for ever! Chateaupers to the rescue ! Down with the rascals!" The affrighted “Vagabonds : nodo, who could not hear the din, saw the , the’ torches, the ae hehe the whole eer? St the héad of which he recognized oa n Phe jus. He observed the coufusion of the rabble, the consternation of some, and the alarm of the stoutest ;_ at the sight of this unexpected suc- cor, he mustered strength enough to throw down the foremost of the assailants, who were already striding He ran in naked swo over into the plore. , _. The mob de nee themselves with the valor of de- spair. Taken in flak by the Rue St. Pierre-aux-Banfs and in thé rear by the Rue du,Parvis, with their backs toward Notre-Dame, which they were still assailin and which Quasimodo defended, at once besiegers an the us siege of Eurin,in 1 ) omas of Savoy whom he was besieging, and the 8 besieged, they. were in the singular situation in which > Coutlt Henri @’Harcourt subseq atly f und himself ; ’ m et obsessus,as his epitaph has it. ict was terrible. As Father Mathieu ob- serves 4 “Wolfs flesh requires dogs’ teeth.” The ng’s bef amidst whom Phebus de Chat conducted escaped the point of the sword was cut down by the edge, Ths rabble, badly d, foamed and bit. Men, women, children, darting at the flanks and chests of the horses, lung to them like cats with tooth and Some thrust torches into the faces ot ‘the archers ; while others, catching them by the neck with iron hooks, pulled them from their horses and cus them in pieces. One | wi ene scythe, mowing away at the legs of the was g @ stave norte a@ fearful sight. Snufflin with nasal twang, he kept his scythe incessantly going. Ateach stroke he formed about him @ large semicirclé ot dismembered linibs. In this manner he wrouw, is way into the thickest of the cavalry with the deliberate movement, the swaying of the Re and the mpg es onpire on of a mower cutting a | clover wi ope Trouillefou. e fire of ‘an arquebuss laid him pr trate. particular was remarked Meanwhile windows were phraws open.. “The neigh- bors, the shouts of the men-at-arms, took part in the , and showers of balls were discharged trom | every story upon the rabble. The Parvis was filled with a dense smoke, which the musquetry streaked yer and anon with fire. Through this smoke were 3 @ facade cee tee patients gazing faintly seen from the top of its roofstudded with dormer windows. sabonds at. le gave way, discomfited by e the want of weapons, the consterna- Ww : tion o t surprise, the Hg from the windows, and the furious onslaught of the king’s troops. Forring the line of their assailants, they fled in al) directions, leay- ing the Parvis strewed with dead. When Quasimodo, who had been busily engaged the whole time, perceived their defeat, he fell on his knees and lifted his hands to heaven; then, frantic with joy he flew with the swiftness of a bird to the little cell, the ‘access to which he had so gallantly defended, He had now but one thought—to throw himself at the feet of ‘her whom he had saved for thesecond time. When he reaghed the cell, he found it empty. _— BOOK X. —_—_—- SHAPTER L THE LITTLE SHOES, Ar the moment when the Vagabonds attacked the church, La Esmeralda was asleep. It was not long before she was roused by the constantly increasing noise around the cathedral and the uneasy bleating of her goat, which had awoke before her. She sat up, ng and looking about; then, alarmed by the light and the uproar, she hurried out of the cell to see what wasthe matter. The aspect of the Place, the scene exhibited there, the confusion of this nocturnal assault, the hideous appearance of the rabble, hopping ; about like a host of frogs, faintly discernedin the dark, | the harsh croaking of this coarse mob, the few torches * daucing to and fro in the obscurity, like those meteors t gamboling over the misty surface of bogs, pro- | of ni duced altogether the effect of a mysterious battle be- tween the phantoms of the witches’ Sabbath and the stone monsters of the church. Imbued from infancy with the superstitions of the gipsy tribe, her first idea was that she had caught the strange beings peculiar to the night.in their unhallowed pranks. She then hur- vied back in affright to.ber cell, to bury her face in the ar opi apd to shut out if possible the terrtflic Vislod, etween Prince | eganez, Who was Dlockading him; Tauri- |. mself valiantly, gave no Asner: what | The first fumes of fear having gradually subsided, | lated to the eye im one of thoseshadows mingled with she found from the incessantly increasing din and di- | light which we tind in pictures of Rembrandt's. . vere other tokens ot reality, that she was invested not| The man with the l*ntern proceeded d y to the by specters, but by creatures of flesh and blood. Her | point of the Terrain. At thatspot there was, at. thi- terror then, without being augmented, changed its water’s edge, a decayed fence, composed of» stake» form. She ‘had conceived a notion of the ‘possibility crossed with laths, upon + ee few sickl ches of a popular sedition totear her from the asylum. The | of alow vine were spread like thie fingers of an open prospect of still losing her life, her hopes, her Pheebus, hand. Behind, and in the shade cast by this trellis, which her imagination held fort to her; the absolute | lay a sma) skiff. The man made a- to | oire nothingness of her own strength: her’ forlorn situa- and his companion to get in. The goat. followed . tion, cut off from all support, all chance of flight— | ‘Theman then stepped im himself, cutthe rope which thesé and a thousand other thouglts overwhelméd her. moored the skiff, pushect off from’ the shore with a She fell upon her knees, laying ‘her head covered with long pole, seated himself. in the ‘fore-part, and - £ her clasped hands upon the bed, filled with thrilling up two oars, begam to row out. toward. the middle of apprehensions: and, Evyptian, idolator and pagan“as ‘the river. In this place the Seine is very rapid, so she was, she began with heavy sobs to implore mercy | that he had some difiiculty to work off from the point of the God of Christians; and to pray to Our Lady, her | of the island. ) ty * Lary of protectress. For, be one’s treed what it will, there) The first thing Gringoire did, after getting into the are moments when one feels favorably disposed toward | boat, was to take his seat at the stern and to »lift the the réligion of the: tenrple near which one happous | goat upon his’ knees. Her mistress,in whom the tobe. ~ , | stranger excited undefinable appreh Fi dowb In this attitude she remained for aconsidefable time, , by the poet, pressing close to hissidesy © +4) y) trembling indeed more than she prayed, her blood |. When. our philosopher felt» the boat» moving, he curdling at th indications of the nearer and nearer ap- | clapped his hands, and kissed Djali’s forehead. »‘*Oh)” proach of that infuriated multitude, utterly at a loss | he exclaimed: ‘‘Weare all four saved!” With the to account for their proceedings, ignorant of whatthey | look of a profound thinker, he added, “ One is indebted were doing and what they meant to do; but anticipat- | sometimes to fortune, sometimes to stratagem for the ing some terrible catastrophe. ute successfiil issue of greas undertakings.” * ? Amidst this anguish she heard a footstep close to her. She looked up.. Two men, one’of whont carried | bank. The girl watched the mysterious unknown with Ny ees had Just entered her cell. “She gave. a faint secret terror. He had carefully masked the light of his s 16 ’ * ‘ : dark lantern ; and he was. rag ys me the fore-part _* Peavothing,” said a yoice, which was not unknown | of the skiff, like @ specter.. His co ill down, to her; “itis I.’ ‘ ' ’ ~ | formed asert of visor, and every time in rowing, “And who'are you ?” she inquired. he opened his» arms, from which hung wide black “ Pierre Gringoire.”’ ‘ gue! sleeves, they looked like two prodigious bats’ wings. That name gave her fresh courage, She lifted her He had not yet uttered a word, or suffered @ breatl to eves and saw that it actually was the poet) “Butat his) escape him. He made no other noiséinygthe bo@ than side stood a black figure, muffled up from head to foot, what proceededfrom tbe working of the oars, which wWhivh strtick her mute. sles .. | blended with the rush of the thousand ripples against an r reunited Gringoire, in a tone of reprodch, | the side of the vessel. 2 fu vie, “ Djali knew me before you did.” “Odds my life |’ sudde Gring a Tie ttle peat bad; tu thet, ot wilted "fot iGuinpetie |'axe cor marry 25 #6 aay ovist Mame: teeter: to mention his name. No Sooner did he enter than she | or fish! J’asque-Dieu, friends, 1 wish’ ebody fondly rubbed against his knee, covering the poet with would talk° to me. | fi honctedieedhaiead ” the endearments and white hair; for she was shedding her jjwnian ear. By-the-by, that saying belongs not to me coat. Gringoire returned her caresses. * | but to Didymus of Alexandria, and a nrost pertinent ey is that with you?” said the Egyptian, in a vis - = ve bein idymus ot Alexandria wae no =P Pps . —_ ry philosopher. One word, my sweet !. ae tae easy,” answered Gringoire. “’Tis one of my wey Conese you. Do you kag, my love, that the . : a arliament has supreme jurisdiction over sanctuaries, The philosopher, setting down the lantern, crouched | andthat you ran as. great risk in your cell in Notre- upon the floor, clasped Djali in his arma, aud cried | Dame as the little bird trochylus, which, builds its with enthusiasm, ‘Oh! ’tis a darling creature, With | nestin-the jaws of the crocodile. The moon is bresk- ‘its engaging ways, and withal shrewd, in “ye and | ing out drain, Master! It isto be hoped we shalluct learned as a grammarian ! Come, my Dja i, et us see be -perceive:.. We are doing & praiseworthy action t >» dt Mideles Sachcel Ciarasabe Gerais c002” || memeunanes Se nee at ce eee eee” ' in the hing’s name were sh us. The man in black would not suffer him to finisli.| Alas! human. sethebil have two mantles to lay bald - ‘ He stepped up to Gringoire, and roughly pushed him | What is condemned in one is applauded in another. on the shoulder. Gringoire rose. “Ah! true!’ said) Many a man censures Cataline and admires Cwsur, he; “I had well nigh forgotten that we are in haste./ Is it not so, Master? What say you to that philoso- But yet, master that is no reason for hurting people | phy? For my part I possess the philosophy of SO, dear girl your life is in danger, and Djali’s too. | instinct, of nature wf opes geometrram, What, will They mean to hang you again, @ are your friends, | nobody answer me?, How dull ye both 1 lam and come to saye you. Follow us.’””’ obliged to talk to myself. That is what Se call in ‘Is it true ? cried she, in extreme agitation. ’ tragedy a soliloquy. Pasque- Dieu L let me ul “Qutie true, I assure you. Come quick !” have just seen Louis XI., and have earned thst oath ren ves LO ea are 1 W. Khe re) “Why,” said Grinds, “the fact is, that his father roe ee Louis. He ba not One ‘The fee and cee vere Does people, and made ‘him of 4; my papery pad 3s was a, mere pune’ that he reserved disposition.” — ‘ | | did not order me to be hanged tonight, which would She was obliged to be satisfied with this explana- have annoyed me exceedingly. Heis stingy toward tion. Gringoire book, het by the hand; pe ay me aie Kd xr" igaeenane to read the four con ay ion picked up the lantern and walked on before. vianus of Cologne, Adversus avaritiam: In goo — cueatarna wa tupefied with fear, She suffered sooth, ‘tis a close-fisted king im his dealings ‘with Gringoire to lead away, Thegoat went with them, | men of letters, and commits very barbarous cruel- frisking about, and so overjoyed te see the poet again, | ties, Heis a very sponge in sucking up the money that she thrust her head every moment against his legs | drained trom the people. His” venues are Jike the with such force as to make him stagger. “Such is | belly fattening by the leanmness of all the other mem- life,” said the philosopher, whenever he had well nigh | bers, Complaints of the hardness of ‘the times ure fallen; “It is often our best friends that throw us | ee as po gear panama Soleo wh down !”’ , er this , godly old gentleman, 8 erag ml with the weight of the condemned, the blocks are coy- They rapidly descended the tower stairs, peseed a with putretying gore, the prisons are burstiny like through the church, dark, solitary, but ringing with aia cloverfeld, This king has ahand. that tak the uproar, Which produced a fearful contrast, and | pees ag theteanges Hote scan fe to Mi wed went out by the Porte Rouge into the cloister court. | 8U°* NN. aio y-Be OB- The cloisters were deserted; the canons had fled to Peper ery en Tonites teat on Ring: great are the bishop's palace, where ‘they were praying to-| {ahoq with fresh burdens. *Tis ah, exoubitant, price gether, the court was empty, with the exception of a/ 8 sehen thin inetd. Wan a me aoe 95 ew affrighted serving-men, squatting in the dark |" ane Cy Say you, Master § , _ The man in black did not interrupt the ceusures of corners. Gringoire and his companions procéeded to- | t} rrulous post e-contingal % Nm ward the postern leading out of that court:to the Ter- | ()'° 88 pact. }e-c0 Gu to Btrugeje against , “5 et the violence of the current Which separates the prow rain. The man in black unlocked it witha key which : j Ne | of the city from thé poop of the isle of Notre-Dame, he brought with him. The reader is aware that the | \1i0) we now call the isle of St, Louis.’ Terrain was a slip of land inclosed with walls, belong- 7 ‘ n ? ing to the chapter of Notre-Dame, forming the eastern | |‘ By the bye, master, ’ Gringoire began again abruptly, extremity of the island, in the rear of the cathedral. | “at the moment when we had passed though the They found this spot entirely deserted, At that dis- enraged rabble and reached the Paryis, did you remark tance already there was less tumult in the air. The} that unlucky little wight, whose, brains your hunch- various noises of the assault reached them more back was in 4 fair way to dash out against the balue- blended, more softened down. The breeze which fol-| trade of the gallery of the kings?, 1 am too. near- lowed the current of the river shook the leaves | sighted to recognize him. Perchanee you know who of the only tree standing on the yoint of Terrain, the | it was?” " rustling of which was already audible; but they were | The unknown answered not a.word. But he sud- et at a very little distance from the danger. The | denly ceased rowing, his arms k, as. if broken, his . buildings nearest to them were the Bishop's palace and | head drooped upon his breast, and La Esmeralda hear;| the cathedral. within the former. Its gloomy front was streaked | kind betore, with lights darting from window to window : a8, when Phe shit, left to itself, drifted for some moments at you have burned a sheet of paper, there remains a dun the will of the current, At length, theanan in black edifice of ashes upon which bright sparks play a thou- |roused himself, and again, began pulling against the sand capricious gambols. Beside it, the enormous | stream. He doubled the point of the isle of Notre- towers of Notre-Dame, thus seen from behind, with the | Dame, and rowed toward the landing-place of the long nave'from which they ris¢, standing out in black | Port-au-Foin, Pr relief from the red glare which filled the Parvis looked | “Ah! swd Gringoire, “ yonder ig the logis Baurbean. like the two gigantic andirons ofa fire ot the Cyclops. | Only look, Master, at that group of black roofs whic! So much of Paris as could be seen on all sides oscil- : form such singular angles—there, beneath that mass CORNICE OOO! KS = = — = ——— The skiff slowly pursued its way toward the right . There was evidently a great bustle | him sigh convulsively, She had heard sighs of that’ (200) ’ ee > a i Bec — . s > a