The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Book 10 Chapter 1 Page 22

“That concerns us not.”

“The deuce!” said Gringoire.

“She has saved your life. ‘Tis a debt that you are discharging.”

“There are a great many others which I do not discharge.”

“Master Pierre, it is absolutely necessary.”

The archdeacon spoke imperiously.”

“Listen, Dom Claude,” replied the poet in utter consternation.

You cling to that idea, and you are wrong. I do not see why

I should get myself hanged in some one else’s place.”

“What have you, then, which attaches you so strongly to life?”