the hunchback of notre dame-第6章

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len　and　expanded　by　the　breath　of　popular　admiration；　were　in　a　state　of　prodigious　augmentation；　beneath　which　disappeared；　as　though　stifled；　that　imperceptible　molecule　of　which　we　have　just　remarked　upon　in　the　constitution　of　poets；　a　precious　ingredient；　by　the　way；　a　ballast　of　reality　and　humanity；　without　which　they　would　not　touch　the　earth。　　Gringoire　enjoyed　seeing；　feeling；　fingering；　so　to　speak　an　entire　assembly　（of　knaves；　it　is　true；　but　what　matters　that　？）　stupefied；　petrified；　and　as　though　asphyxiated　in　the　presence　of　the　incommensurable　tirades　which　welled　up　every　instant　from　all　parts　of　his　bridal　song。　　I　affirm　that　he　shared　the　general　beatitude；　and　that；　quite　the　reverse　of　La　Fontaine；　who；　at　the　presentation　of　his　comedy　of　the　〃Florentine；〃　asked；　〃Who　is　the　ill…bred　lout　who　made　that　rhapsody？〃　Gringoire　would　gladly　have　inquired　of　his　neighbor；　〃Whose　masterpiece　is　this？〃

The　reader　can　now　judge　of　the　effect　produced　upon　him　by　the　abrupt　and　unseasonable　arrival　of　the　cardinal。

That　which　he　had　to　fear　was　only　too　fully　realized。　The　entrance　of　his　eminence　upset　the　audience。　　All　heads　turned　towards　the　gallery。　　It　was　no　longer　possible　to　hear　one's　self。　　〃The　cardinal！　　The　cardinal！〃　repeated　all　mouths。　　The　unhappy　prologue　stopped　short　for　the　second　time。

The　cardinal　halted　for　a　moment　on　the　threshold　of　the　estrade。　　While　he　was　sending　a　rather　indifferent　glance　around　the　audience；　the　tumult　redoubled。　　Each　person　wished　to　get　a　better　view　of　him。　　Each　man　vied　with　the　other　in　thrusting　his　head　over　his　neighbor's　shoulder。

He　was；　in　fact；　an　exalted　personage；　the　sight　of　whom　was　well　worth　any　other　comedy。　　Charles；　Cardinal　de　Bourbon；　Archbishop　and　Comte　of　Lyon；　Primate　of　the　Gauls；　was　allied　both　to　Louis　XI。；　through　his　brother；　Pierre；　Seigneur　de　Beaujeu；　who　had　married　the　king's　eldest　daughter；　and　to　Charles　the　Bold　through　his　mother；　Agnes　of　Burgundy。　Now；　the　dominating　trait；　the　peculiar　and　distinctive　trait　of　the　character　of　the　Primate　of　the　Gauls；　was　the　spirit　of　the　courtier；　and　devotion　to　the　powers　that　be。　　The　reader　can　form　an　idea　of　the　numberless　embarrassments　which　this　double　relationship　had　caused　him；　and　of　all　the　temporal　reefs　among　which　his　spiritual　bark　had　been　forced　to　tack；　in　order　not　to　suffer　shipwreck　on　either　Louis　or　Charles；　that　Scylla　and　that　Charybdis　which　had　devoured　the　Duc　de　Nemours　and　the　Constable　de　Saint…Pol。　Thanks　to　Heaven's　mercy；　he　had　made　the　voyage　successfully；　and　had　reached　home　without　hindrance。　　But　although　he　was　in　port；　and　precisely　because　he　was　in　port；　he　never　recalled　without　disquiet　the　varied　haps　of　his　political　career；　so　long　uneasy　and　laborious。　　Thus；　he　was　in　the　habit　of　saying　that　the　year　1476　had　been　〃white　and　black〃　for　himmeaning　thereby；　that　in　the　course　of　that　year　he　had　lost　his　mother；　the　Duchesse　de　la　Bourbonnais；　and　his　cousin；　the　Duke　of　Burgundy；　and　that　one　grief　had　consoled　him　for　the　other。

Nevertheless；　he　was　a　fine　man；　he　led　a　joyous　cardinal's　life；　liked　to　enliven　himself　with　the　royal　vintage　of　Challuau；　did　not　hate　Richarde　la　Garmoise　and　Thomasse　la　Saillarde；　bestowed　alms　on　pretty　girls　rather　than　on　old　women；and　for　all　these　reasons　was　very　agreeable　to　the　populace　of　Paris。　　He　never　went　about　otherwise　than　surrounded　by　a　small　court　of　bishops　and　abbés　of　high　lineage；　gallant；　jovial；　and　given　to　carousing　on　occasion；　and　more　than　once　the　good　and　devout　women　of　Saint　Germain　d'　Auxerre；　when　passing　at　night　beneath　the　brightly　illuminated　windows　of　Bourbon；　had　been　scandalized　to　hear　the　same　voices　which　had　intoned　vespers　for　them　during　the　day　carolling；　to　the　clinking　of　glasses；　the　bacchic　proverb　of　Benedict　XII。；　that　pope　who　had　added　a　third　crown　to　the　Tiara~Bibamus　papaliter~。

It　was　this　justly　acquired　popularity；　no　doubt；　which　preserved　him　on　his　entrance　from　any　bad　reception　at　the　hands　of　the　mob；　which　had　been　so　displeased　but　a　moment　before；　and　very　little　disposed　to　respect　a　cardinal　on　the　very　day　when　it　was　to　elect　a　pope。　　But　the　Parisians　cherish　little　rancor；　and　then；　having　forced　the　beginning　of　the　play　by　their　authority；　the　good　bourgeois　had　got　the　upper　hand　of　the　cardinal；　and　this　triumph　was　sufficient　for　them。　　Moreover；　the　Cardinal　de　Bourbon　was　a　handsome　man；he　wore　a　fine　scarlet　robe；　which　he　carried　off　very　well；that　is　to　say；　he　had　all　the　women　on　his　side；　and；　consequently；　the　best　half　of　the　audience。　　Assuredly；　it　would　be　injustice　and　bad　taste　to　hoot　a　cardinal　for　having　come　late　to　the　spectacle；　when　he　is　a　handsome　man；　and　when　he　wears　his　scarlet　robe　well。

He　entered；　then；　bowed　to　those　present　with　the　hereditary　smile　of　the　great　for　the　people；　and　directed　his　course　slowly　towards　his　scarlet　velvet　arm…chair；　with　the　air　of　thinking　of　something　quite　different。　　His　cortegewhat　we　should　nowadays　call　his　staffof　bishops　and　abbés　invaded　the　estrade　in　his　train；　not　without　causing　redoubled　tumult　and　curiosity　among　the　audience。　　Each　man　vied　with　his　neighbor　in　pointing　them　out　and　naming　them；　in　seeing　who　should　recognize　at　least　one　of　them：　this　one；　the　Bishop　of　Marseilles　（Alaudet；　if　my　memory　serves　me　right）；this　one；　the　primicier　of　Saint…Denis；this　one；　Robert　de　Lespinasse；　Abbé　of　Saint…Germain　des　Prés；　that　libertine　brother　of　a　mistress　of　Louis　XI。；　all　with　many　errors　and　absurdities。　　As　for　the　scholars；　they　swore。　　This　was　their　day；　their　feast　of　fools；　their　saturnalia；　the　annual　orgy　of　the　corporation　of　Law　clerks　and　of　the　school。　　There　was　no　turpitude　which　was　not　sacred　on　that　day。　　And　then　there　were　gay　gossips　in　the　crowdSimone　Quatrelivres；　Agnes　la　Gadine；　and　Rabine　Piédebou。　Was　it　not　the　least　that　one　could　do　to　swear　at　one's　ease　and　revile　the　name　of　God　a　little；　on　so　fine　a　day；　in　such　good　company　as　dignitaries　of　the　church　and　loose　women？　So　they　did　not　abstain；　and；　in　the　midst　of　the　uproar；　there　was　a　frightful　concert　of　blasphemies　and　enormities　of　all　the　unbridled　tongues；　the　tongues　of　clerks　and　students　restrained　during　the　rest　of　the　year；　by　the　fear　of　the　hot　iron　of　Saint　Louis。　　Poor　Saint　Louis！　how　they　set　him　at　defiance　in　his　own　court　of　law！　　Each　one　of　them　selected　from　the　new…comers　on　the　platform；　a　black；　gray；　white；　or　violet　cassock　as　his　target。　　Joannes　Frollo　de　Molendin；　in　his　quality　of　brother　to　an　archdeacon；　boldly　attacked　the　scarlet；　he　sang　in　deafening　tones；　with　his　impudent　eyes　fastened　on　the　cardinal；　〃~Cappa　repleta　mero~！〃

All　these　details　which　we　here　lay　bare　for　the　edification　of　the　reader；　were　so　covered　by　the　general　uproar；　that　they　were　lost　in　it　before　reaching　the　reserved　platforms；　moreover；　they　would　have　moved　the　cardinal　but　little；　so　much　a　part　of　the　customs　were　the　liberties　of　that　day。　Moreover；　he　had　another　cause　for　solicitude；　and　his　mien　as　wholly　preoccupied　with　it；　which　entered　the　estrade　the　same　time　as　himself；　this　was　the　embassy　from　Flanders。

Not　that　he　was　a　profound　politician；　nor　was　he　borrowing　trouble　about　the　possible　consequences　of　the　marriage　of　his　cousin　Marguerite　de　Bourgoyne　to　his　cousin　Charles；　Dauphin　de　Vienne；　nor　as　to　how　long　the　good　understanding　which　had　been　patched　up　between　the　Duke　of　Austria　and　the　King　of　France　would　last；　nor　how　the　King　of　England　would　take　this　disdain　of　his　daughter。　　All　that　troubled　him　but　little；　and　he　gave　a　warm　reception　every　evening　to　the　wine　of　the　royal　vintage　of　Chaillot；　without　a　suspicion　that　several　flasks　of　that　same　wine　（somewhat　revised　and　corrected；　it　is　true；　by　Doctor　Coictier）；　cordially　offered　to　Edward　IV。　　by　Louis　XI。；　would；　some　fine　morning；　rid　Louis　XI。　of　Edward　IV。　　〃The　much　honored　embassy　of　Monsieur　the　Duke　of　Austria；〃　brought　the　cardinal　none　of　these　cares；　but　it　troubled　him　in　another　direction。　It　was；　in　fact；　somewhat　hard；　and　we　have　already　hinted　at　it　on　the　second　page　of　this　book；for　him；　Charles　de　Bourbon；　to　be　obliged　to　feast　and　receive　cordially　no　one　knows　what　bourgeois；for　him；　a　cardinal；　to　receive　aldermen；for　him；　a　Frenchman；　and　a　jolly　companion；　to　receive　Flemish　beer…drinkers；and　that　in　public！　　This　was；　certainly；　one　of　the　most　irksome　grimaces　that　he　had　ever　executed　for　the　good　pleasure　of　the　king。

So　he　turned　toward　the　door；　and　with　the　best　grace　in　the　world　（so　well　had　he　trained　himself　to　it）；　when　the　usher　announced；　in　a　sonorous　voice；　〃Messieurs　the　Envoys　of　Monsieur　the　Duke　of　Austria。〃　　It　is　useless　to　add　that　the　whole　hall　did　the　same。

Then　arrived；　two　by　two；　with　a　gravity　which　made　a　contrast　in　the　midst　of　the　frisky　ecclesiastical　escort　of　Charles　de　Bourbon；　the　eight　and　forty　ambassadors　of　Maximilian　of　Austria；　having　at　their　head　the　reverend　Father　in　God；　Jehan；　Abbot　of　Saint…Bertin；　Chancellor　of　the　Golden　Fleece；　and　Jacques　de　Goy；　Sieur　Dauby；　Grand　Bailiff　of　Ghent。　　A　deep　silence　settled　over　the　assembly；　accompanied　by　stifled　laughter　at　the　preposterous　names　and　all　the　bourgeois　designations　which　each　of　these　personages　transmitted　with　imperturbable　gravity　to　the　usher；　who　then　tossed　names　and　titles　pell…mell　and　mutilated　to　the　crowd　below。　　There　were　Master　Loys　Roelof；　alderman　of　the　city　of　Louvain；　Messire　Clays　d'Etuelde；　alderman　of　Brussels；　Messire　Paul　de　Baeust；　Sieur　de　Voirmizelle；　President　of　Flanders；　Master　Jehan　Coleghens；　burgomaster　of　the　city　of　Antwerp；　Master　George　de　la　Moere；　first　alderman　of　the

kuere　of　the　city　of　Ghent；　Master　Gheldolf　van　der　Hage；　first　alderman　of　the　~parchous~　of　the　said　town；　and　the　Sieur　de　Bierbecque；　and　Jehan　Pinnock；　and　Jehan　Dymaerzelle；　etc。；　etc。；　etc。；　bailiffs；　aldermen；　burgomasters；　burgomasters；　aldermen；　bailiffsall　stiff；　affectedly　grave；　formal；　dressed　out　in　velvet　and　damask；　hooded　with　caps　of　black　velvet；　with　great　tufts　of　Cyprus　gold　thread；　good　Flemish　heads；　after　all；　severe　and　worthy　faces；　of　the　family　which　Rembrandt　makes　to　stand　out　so　strong　and　grave　from　the　black　background　of　his　〃Night　Patrol　〃；　personages　all　of　whom　bore；　written　on　their　brows；　that　Maximilian　of　Austria　had　done　well　in　〃trusting　implicitly；〃　as　the　manifest　ran；　〃in　their　sense；　valor；　experience；　loyalty；　and　good　wisdom。〃

There　was　one　exception；　however。　　It　was　a　subtle；　intelligent；　crafty…looking　face；　a　sort　of　combined　monkey　and　diplomat　phiz；　before　whom　the　cardinal　made　three　steps　and　a　profound　bow；　and　whose　name；　nevertheless；　was　only；　〃Guillaume　Rym；　counsellor　and　pensioner　of　the　City　of　Ghent。〃

Few　persons　were　then　aware　who　Guillaume　Rym　was。　　A　rare　genius　who　in　a　time　of　revolution　would　have　made　a　brilliant　appearance　on　the　surface　of　events；　but　who　in　the　fifteenth　century　was　reduced　to　cavernous　intrigues；　and　to　〃living　in　mines；〃　as　the　Duc　de　Saint…Simon　expresses　it。　Nevertheless；　he　was　appreciated　by　the　〃miner〃　of　Europe；　he　plotted　familiarly　with　Louis　XI。；　and　often　lent　a