Quasimodo was surrounded, seized, garroted; he roared, he foamed at the mouth, he bit; and had it been broad daylight, there is no doubt that his face alone, rendered more hideous by wrath, would have put the entire squad to flight.
Quasimodo fut enveloppé, saisi, garrotté. Il rugissait, il écumait, il mordait, et, s’il eût fait grand jour, nul doute que son visage seul, rendu plus hideux encore par la colère, n’eût mis en fuite toute l’escouade.