Part 108 (1/2)

[_The door opens Claude Frollo enters, a lamp in his hand, his hood pulled over his face: he comes and stands, motionless, in front of Esmeralda_

ESMERALDA (_ju up with terror_)

Who is this man?

CLAUDE FROLLO (_covered by his hood_)

A priest!

ESMERALDA

A priest! How mysterious!

CLAUDE FROLLO

Are you ready?

ESMERALDA

Ready for what?

CLAUDE FROLLO

Ready to die

ESMERALDA

Yes

CLAUDE FROLLO

It is well

ESMERALDA

Will it be soon? Answer me, father!

CLAUDE FROLLO

Do you suffer so much?

ESMERALDA

Yes, I suffer

CLAUDE FROLLO

Perhaps I, who shall live to-morrow, Suffer more than you

ESMERALDA

You? Who, then, are you?

CLAUDE FROLLO

The tomb lies between us!