The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 11 Chapter I-1 - The Little Shoe

In which a terrified young gypsy, awakened by a tumultuous crowd besieging the cathedral, is spirited away under cover of darkness by a poet and a mysterious silent stranger, only to find herself alone and at the mercy of a sinister priest whose dark passions and threats cast a long shadow upon her fate. The uneasy calm of the night is broken by the despairing cries of an embittered recluse, whose haunting accusations intertwine with the eerie atmosphere of impending doom by the gallows, as the city’s clamour echoes far behind them.