Trouillefou made a sign, and the duke, the emperor, and the passed masters of pickpockets, and the isolated robbers, came and ranged themselves around him in a horseshoe, of which Gringoire, still roughly held by the body, formed the centre.
Trouillefou fit un signe, et le duc, et l’empereur, et les archisuppôts et les cagoux vinrent se ranger autour de lui en un fer-à-cheval, dont Gringoire, toujours rudement appréhendé au corps, occupait le centre.