The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Book 1 Chapter 1 Page 25

been flogged with a fagot, which would have afterwards been used to burn them.”

The whole band burst into laughter.

“Hol� h�! who is scolding so? Who is that screech owl of evil fortune?”

“Hold, I know him” said one of them; “‘tis Master Andry Musnier.”

“Because he is one of the four sworn booksellers of the university!” said the other.

“Everything goes by fours in that shop,” cried a third; “the four nations, the four faculties, the four feasts, the four procurators, the four electors, the four booksellers.”

“Well,” began Jean Frollo once more,” we must play the devil with them.”