The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Book 7, Chapter 7 summary

What happens

1. A cloaked man watches Eve’s Apple and follows Phœbus and the drunken Jehan when they leave.
2. Unable to obtain money from Jehan, Phœbus leaves him asleep on a rubbish heap.
3. The stranger confronts Phœbus about his appointment with La Smeralda, calls him a liar, and provokes him to draw his sword.
4. The stranger postpones their fight and supplies money on condition that he can secretly watch the meeting.
5. At la Falourdel’s, a child steals the payment, and Phœbus bolts the stranger inside a dark space beside the rented room.

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What to notice

The stranger makes payment conditional on secret observation. His demand turns a confrontation in the street into an arrangement for watching the private meeting.

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