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“ Carry her to the cart , ” said Charmolue , “ and let us finish it . ” Nobody had noticed a strange figure in the gallery of stone kings , high above the great door of the church . It was Quasimodo . He had watched all of it from up there since noon , and before it began he had tied a long rope with knots in it to one of the little columns . Now he threw his leg over the stone wall and slid down the rope like a drop of rain down a window . He landed among the hangman’s men and knocked two of them down with his great fists . Then he picked up Esmeralda with one hand , as a child picks up a doll , and ran back into the church in a single jump . He lifted her high above his head and shouted in his terrible voice : “ Sanctuary ! ” It happened so quickly that it was like a flash of lightning . “ Sanctuary ! Sanctuary ! ” the crowd cried , and ten thousand hands began to clap . Quasimodo’s one eye shone with joy and pride . In those days a church was a place of refuge , where the king’s law could not enter , and no soldier or judge could touch a person who had taken shelter inside . As long as she stayed in Notre - Dame , the girl was safe . Quasimodo stood under the great arch with Esmeralda in his arms . He held her as gently as if she were made of glass . He seemed afraid even to breathe on her , and then suddenly he pressed her to his chest as if she were his treasure . At that moment the people found him almost handsome . He , the orphan , the monster , the poor deaf bell - ringer whom everyone despised , had beaten the king’s judges and hangmen with the help of God . Then he ran into the church with her . A moment later he appeared in the gallery of kings , high above the crowd , and ran along it , holding her up and shouting , “ Sanctuary ! ” Then he disappeared and appeared again at the top of the great tower , beside the big bell , and from there he showed her to the whole city , and his voice , which he could not hear himself , shouted three times up to the clouds : “ Sanctuary ! Sanctuary ! Sanctuary ! ” The crowd below cheered , and the sound flew across the river to the Place de Grève , where the gallows stood empty and an old woman in the Rat - Hole was waiting . XII . The Whistle and the Flowers High up on the roof of the cathedral , under the great stone arms that held up its walls , there was a tiny room for people who had taken refuge . Quasimodo carried Esmeralda there and laid her down , and when he untied the rope from her arms , she opened her eyes and looked at him with fear . “ Why have you saved me ? ” she asked .
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