Notre-Dame de Paris (Hapgood)

by Victor Hugo

Notre-Dame De Paris

BY

VICTOR HUGO

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

BY

ISABEL F. HAPGOOD

 

VOL. I

 

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

Copyright, 1888, by
T. Y. Crowell & Co.

 

Electrotyped by
C. J. Peters & Son, Boston.

A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:—

ἈΝΆΓΚΗ.

These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply.

He questioned himself; he sought to divine who could have been that soul in torment which had not been willing to quit this world without leaving this stigma of crime or unhappiness upon the brow of the ancient church.

Afterwards, the wall was whitewashed or scraped down, I know not which, and the inscription disappeared. For it is thus that people have been in the habit of proceeding with the marvellous churches of the Middle Ages for the last two hundred years. Mutilations come to them from every quarter, from within as well as from without. The priest whitewashes them, the archdeacon scrapes them down; then the populace arrives and demolishes them.

Thus, with the exception of the fragile memory which the author of this book here consecrates to it, there remains to-day nothing whatever of the mysterious word engraved within the gloomy tower of Notre-Dame,—nothing of the destiny which it so sadly summed up. The man who wrote that word upon the wall disappeared from the midst of the generations of man many centuries ago; the word, in its turn, has been effaced from the wall of the church; the church will, perhaps, itself soon disappear from the face of the earth.

It is upon this word that this book is founded.

March. 1831.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I.

1. BOOK FIRST.

2. CHAPTER

   PAGE

3. I.

   The Grand Hall ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. II.

   Pierre Gringoire ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   17

5. III.

   Monsieur the Cardinal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   28

6. IV.

   Master Jacques Coppenole ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   36

7. V.

   Quasimodo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   46

8. VI.

   Esmeralda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   54

9. BOOK SECOND.

10. I.

    From Charybdis to Scylla ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    57

11. II.

    The Place de Grève ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    61

12. III.

    Kisses for Blows ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

13. IV.

    The Inconveniences of Following a Pretty Woman through the Streets in the Evening ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    75

14. V.

    Result of the Dangers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

15. VI.

    The Broken Jug ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    83

16. VII.

    A Bridal Night ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    103

17. BOOK THIRD.

18. I.

    Notre-Dame ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    114

19. II.

    A Bird's-eye View of Paris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    124

20. BOOK FOURTH.

21. I.

    Good Souls ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    150

22. II.

    Claude Frollo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    155

23. III.

    Immanis Pecoris Gustos, Immanior Ipse ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    161

24. IV.

    The Dog and his Master ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    169

25. V.

    More about Claude Frollo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    171

26. VI.

    Unpopularity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    178

27. BOOK FIFTH.

28. I.

    Abbas Beati Martini ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    180

29. II.

    This will Kill That ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    191

30. BOOK SIXTH.

31. I.

    An Impartial Glance at the Ancient Magistracy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    207

32. II.

    The Rat-hole ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    219

33. III.

    History of a Leavened Cake of Maize ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    224

34. IV.

    A Tear for a Drop of Water ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    246

35. V.

    End of the Story of the Cake ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    256

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME II.

1. BOOK SEVENTH.

2. CHAPTER

   PAGE

3. I.

   The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. II.

   A Priest and a Philosopher are two Different Things ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   17

5. III.

   The Bells ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   27

6. IV.

   Ἀνάγκη ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

7. V.

   The Two Men Clothed in Black ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

8. VI.

   The Effect which Seven Oaths in the Open Air can Produce, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   52

9. VII.

   The Mysterious Monk ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   57

10. VIII.

    The Utility of Windows which Open on the River ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    66

11. BOOK EIGHTH.

12. I.

    The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    75

13. II.

    Continuation of the Crown which was Changed into a Dry Leaf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    86

14. III.

    End of the Crown which was Changed into a Dry Leaf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    92

15. IV.

    Lasciate Ogni Speranza—Leave all Hope behind, ye who Enter here ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    96

16. V.

    The Mother ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    111

17. VI.

    Three Human Hearts differently Constructed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    116

18. BOOK NINTH.

19. I.

    Delirium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    135

20. II.

    Hunchbacked, One Eyed, Lame ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    148

21. III.

    Deaf ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    153

22. IV.

    Earthenware and Crystal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    157

23. V.

    The Key to the Red Door ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    169

24. VI.

    Continuation of the Key to the Red Door ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    172

25. BOOK TENTH.

26. I.

    Gringoire has Many Good Ideas in Succession. Rue des Bernardins ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    177

27. II.

    Turn Vagabond ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

28. III.

    Long Live Mirth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    192

29. IV.

    An Awkward Friend ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    201

30. V.

    The Retreat in which Monsieur Louis of France says his Prayers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    222

31. VI.

    Little Sword in Pocket ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    255

32. VII.

    Chateaupers to the Rescue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    257

33. BOOK ELEVENTH.

34. I.

    The Little Shoe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    261

35. II.

    The Beautiful Creature Clad in White ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

36. III.

    The Marriage of Phœbus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    306

37. IV.

    The Marriage of Quasimodo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    308

38. Note added to Definitive Edition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    311