Chapter 41 Notre Dame de Paris (3) Volume 6 A drop of water, a tear (5)

The Epilogue of the Five Tacos Tale Esmeralda turned pale, and staggered down the platform of the Column of Shame.The nun's voice still lingered in her ears: "Get off! Get off! You Egyptian thief, you will suffer the same fate up there one day!" "The girl in sackcloth is thinking wildly again." The people murmured, but that was all. For this beauty is always to be feared, and therefore to appear sacred.Nobody wants to mess with someone who prays day and night. The time has come to put Quasimodo back.He was untied and the crowd dispersed. Maiette followed the two girlfriends and walked back. When they came to the bridge, they stopped suddenly:

"Yes, Eustache! Where's your pie?" "Mom," replied the child, "while you were talking to the lady in the cave, a big dog bit my cake, and I ate it." "Why, sir, have you eaten it all?" she went on. "Mom, the dog ate it. I told it not to eat it, but it didn't listen, so I bit it, that's it!" "This child is really terrible!" The mother blamed while smiling. "You see, Oudard, we have a cherry tree in our garden in Charlange, and he ate up Kazuki's cherries all by himself. That's why his grandfather says he'll be a general when he grows up."—Er Mr. Stasher, I've been duped! Come on, Fat Lion!"