“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?”