Victor Hugo

C’est la vie vue de près.

when the façade of Notre-Dame should be admired

It is the moment when the sun, already declining towards the west, looks the cathedral almost full in the face

This was the hour

coldness of the officer, it was easy to see that on his side

pretty dancer who is dancing on the pavement and playing the tambourine

Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers

the summit of the towers of Notre-Dame, "who is that black man up yonder?"

A man was, in truth, leaning on the balustrade which surmounted the northern tower, looking on the Grève. He was a priest.

After the morning in the pillory, the neighbors of Notre-Dame thought they noticed that Quasimodo's ardor for ringing had grown cool.