The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Book 10, Chapter 4 summary
Book 10, Chapter 4 of 60 · 28 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 4, Quasimodo mistakes the armed outcasts approaching Notre-Dame for enemies of la Esmeralda and defends the church against their attempt to retrieve her. He kills many attackers, including Jehan Frollo, but their renewed assault spreads across the façade and leaves him unable to protect the girl alone.
What happens
- Keeping watch at night, Quasimodo sees an armed crowd approach and decides to defend la Esmeralda without waking her.
- Clopin demands the girl's release and threatens plunder, but Quasimodo cannot hear his declaration.
- Quasimodo drops a beam and stones; the attackers turn the fallen beam into a ram against the door.
- Quasimodo melts lead over a fire and sends it through gutters, forcing the attackers away from the entrance.
- Jehan climbs a ladder, but Quasimodo throws down its other climbers and kills Jehan after receiving a crossbow wound.
- Enraged by Jehan's death, the outcasts climb from every direction while Quasimodo desperately begs for help from heaven.
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