Welcome to my blog with some of my work in progress. I’ve been working on this book idea. You can read some of the chapters below.
Chapter VI: Esmeralda
We are delighted to be able to inform the reader, that
during the whole of this scene, Gringoire and his piece
had stood firm. His actors, spurred on by him, had not
ceased to spout his comedy, and he had not ceased to
listen to it. He had made up his mind about the tumult,
and was determined to proceed to the end, not giving up
the hope of a return of attention on the part of the
public.
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Chapter V: Quasimodo
In the twinkling of an eye, all was ready to execute
Coppenole’s idea. Bourgeois, scholars and law clerks all
set to work. The little chapel situated opposite the
marble table was selected for the scene of the grinning
match. A pane broken in the pretty rose window above the
door, left free a circle of stone through which it was
agreed that the competitors should thrust their heads. In
order to reach it, it was only necessary to mount upon a
couple of hogsheads, which had been produced from I know
not where, and perched one upon the other, after a
fashion.
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Chapter IV: Master Jacques Coppenole
While the pensioner of Ghent and his eminence were
exchanging very low bows and a few words in voices still
lower, a man of lofty stature, with a large face and broad
shoulders, presented himself, in order to enter abreast
with Guillaume Rym; one would have pronounced him a
bull-dog by the side of a fox. His felt doublet and
leather jerkin made a spot on the velvet and silk which
surrounded him.
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