The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 1 Chapter V - Quasimodo

In which the motley congregation of Parisian jesters and rogues convenes to crown their Pope of Fools through a riotous contest of grotesque grimaces, transforming the chapel into a theatre of raucous mirth and unbridled folly. Amidst this boisterous revelry emerges Quasimodo, the misshapen and deaf bellringer of Notre-Dame, whose singular presence commands a mixture of terror, admiration, and a strange, proud dignity as he is exalted in his title and paraded through the streets.