The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 10 Chapter IV - An Awkward Friend

In which the faithful bellringer Quasimodo mounts a vigilant watch over the shadowy city of Paris, sensing a sinister assembly gathering beneath the vaults of Notre-Dame, while a savage band of outcasts, led by their fierce chief Clopin Trouillefou, launch a desperate and tumultuous assault upon the ancient cathedral’s mighty doors. The steadfast defender employs his prodigious strength and cunning, hurling stones and molten lead from the lofty towers to repel the rabble, weaving a vivid tapestry of medieval disorder and awe-inspiring fortitude amid the sombre grandeur of the holy edifice.