Victor Hugo's Notre Dame begins, it will be remembered, in the great Hall of the Palais de Justice, where Gringoire's neglected mystery play was performed and Quasimodo won the prize for ugliness.
"A Wanderer in Paris"
E. V. Lucas
Outside, one can walk round it for ever and still be surprised by the splendid vagaries, humours and resource of its stone; while within, one can, by making oneself plastic, gradually but surely attain to some of the adoration that was felt for this sanctuary by Quasimodo himself.
"A Wanderer in Paris"
E. V. Lucas
Only one of the bells that Quasimodo rang is still in the tower.
"A Wanderer in Paris"
E. V. Lucas