Part 36 (1/2)

”Descend! descend! Thief of Egypt! thou shalt ascend it once more!”

”The sacked nun is in one of her tantrums,” muttered the populace; and that was the end of it. For that sort of woman was feared; which rendered them sacred. People did not then willingly attack one who prayed day and night.

The hour had arrived for removing Quasimodo. He was unbound, the crowd dispersed.

Near the Grand Pont, Mahiette, who was returning with her two companions, suddenly halted,--

”By the way, Eustache! what did you do with that cake?”

”Mother,” said the child, ”while you were talking with that lady in the bole, a big dog took a bite of my cake, and then I bit it also.”

”What, sir, did you eat the whole of it?” she went on.

”Mother, it was the dog. I told him, but he would not listen to me. Then I bit into it, also.”

”'Tis a terrible child!” said the mother, smiling and scolding at one and the same time. ”Do you see, Oudarde? He already eats all the fruit from the cherry-tree in our orchard of Charlerange. So his grandfather says that he will be a captain. Just let me catch you at it again, Master Eustache. Come along, you greedy fellow!”

End of Volume 1.

VOLUME II.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK SEVENTH. I. The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat II. A Priest and a Philosopher are two Different Things III. The Bells IV.

_ANArKH_ V. The Two Men Clothed in Black VI. The Effect which Seven Oaths in the Open Air can Produce VII. The Mysterious Monk VIII. The Utility of Windows which Open on the River

BOOK EIGHTH. I. The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf II. Continuation of the Crown which was Changed into a Dry Leaf III. End of the Crown which was Changed into a Dry Leaf IV. _Lasciate Ogni Speranza_--Leave all hope behind, ye who Enter here V. The Mother VI. Three Human Hearts differently Constructed

BOOK NINTH. I. Delirium II. Hunchbacked, One Eyed, Lame III. Deaf IV.

Earthenware and Crystal V. The Key to the Red Door VI. Continuation of the Key to the Red Door

BOOK TENTH. I. Gringoire has Many Good Ideas in Succession.--Rue des Bernardins II. Turn Vagabond III. Long Live Mirth IV. An Awkward Friend V. The Retreat in which Monsieur Louis of France says his Prayers VI.

Little Sword in Pocket VII. Chateaupers to the Rescue

BOOK ELEVENTH.

I. The Little Shoe II. The Beautiful Creature Clad in White III. The Marriage of Pinnbus IV. The Marriage of Quasimodo--Note added to Definitive Edition

CHAPTER I. THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE'S SECRET TO A GOAT.

Many weeks had elapsed.

The first of March had arrived. The sun, which Dubartas, that cla.s.sic ancestor of periphrase, had not yet dubbed the ”Grand-duke of Candles,”