The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 10 Chapter I - Gringoire has Many Good Ideas in Succession.—Rue des Bernardins

In which the poet and philosopher Pierre Gringoire, having distanced himself from a certain unfortunate drama, finds solace and fascination in the delicate art of Gothic architecture whilst encountering his old master, the austere and impassioned archdeacon Dom Claude. Their discourse, fraught with melancholy and resolve, turns to the peril of a charming gypsy who has taken refuge in Notre-Dame, prompting schemes born of loyalty and desperation to save a life shadowed by the spectre of justice.