Our Lady of Hope by Chauvet Patrick;

Author:Chauvet, Patrick; [Chauvet, Patrick ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 29050823
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2021-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Victor Hugo, through his use of the rhythm of words, helps us imagine Quasimodo’s movement, and, one can imagine, his agitation—the cruel gnome shouting in victory after killing one of the attackers. But he is one man against many, and he hears the great doors of the central portal creak under the force of a battering ram.

The ragamuffins were not discouraged. More than twenty times already the heavy door which they were attacking had trembled beneath the weight of their oaken battering-ram, multiplied by the strength of a hundred men. The panels cracked; the carvings flew in splinters; the hinges, at every blow, shook upon their screw-rings; the boards were reduced to powder, crushed between the iron braces. Luckily for Quasimodo, there was more iron than wood.5

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