Chapter 54
Little Sword in Pocket
On emerging from the Bastille, Gringoire descended the Rue Saint-Antoine with the swiftness of a runaway horse. On arriving at the Baudoyer gate, he walked straight to the stone cross which rose in the middle of that place, as though he were able to distinguish in the darkness the figure of a man clad and cloaked in black, who was seated on the steps of the cross. “Is it you, master?” said Gringoire. The personage in black rose. “Death and passion! You make me boil, Gringoire. The man on the tower of Saint-Gervais has just cried half-past one o’clock in…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Practise Sanctuary and the Law
Write six lines on Little Sword in Pocket: who looked, who was looked at, and what you would have refused. Keep it to this chapter.
Consider:
- •The working skill is Sanctuary and the Law.
- •Use only beats from this chapter.
- •Name a cost, not the film.
Master this chapter. Complete your experience
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