Nevertheless, therewasonehumancreaturewhomQuasimodoexceptedfromhismaliceandfromhishatredforothers, andwhomhelovedevenmore, perhaps, thanhiscathedral: thiswasClaudeFrollo.
Thematterwassimple; ClaudeFrollohadtakenhimin, hadadoptedhim, hadnourishedhim, , itwasbetweenClaudeFrollo'slegsthathewasaccustomedtoseekrefuge, , toread, , togivethebigbellinmarriagetoQuasimodowastogiveJuliettoRomeo.
HenceQuasimodo'sgratitudewasprofound, passionate, boundless; andalthoughthevisageofhisadoptedfatherwasoftencloudedorsevere, althoughhisspeechwashabituallycurt, harsh, imperious, , themostdocilelackey, , therehadbeenestablishedbetweenhimandClaudeFrollo, alanguageofsigns, : Notre-DameandClaudeFrollo.
Thereisnothingwhichcanbecomparedwiththeempireofthearchdeaconoverthebellringer; —allthatphysicalstrengthwhichhadreachedinQuasimodosuchanextraordinarydevelopment, , nodoubt, filialdevotion, domesticattachment; , awkward, andclumsyorganization, whichstoodwithloweredheadandsupplicatingeyesbeforealoftyandprofound, , andaboveall, , , thatQuasimodolovedthearchdeaconasneveradog, neverahorse, neveranelephantlovedhismaster.
