The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 11 Chapter I-2 - The Little Shoe

In which a long-lost mother, a recluse imprisoned in a gloomy cell, is miraculously reunited with her daughter, a young gypsy girl, amidst the dark and shadowed quarters of the city. Their fleeting joy is swiftly overshadowed by the grim approach of soldiers intent on capturing the girl, compelling the mother to plead with desperate fervour while dangers close about them like the dawn’s reluctant light.