‘Messieurs, the citizens and squires of Paris-by the Holy Rood! I know not what we are doing here. I do indeed see, down in that corner upon that stage, some people who look as if they wanted to fight. I know not whether that be what ye call a mystery; but I do know that tis’ not amusing. They belabour one another with their tongues, but nothing more. For this quarter of an hour I’ve been waiting the first blow-but nothing comes- they’re cowards and maul one another but with foul words. You should have had boxers from London or Rotterdam. Aye! Then indeed we should have had hard knocks, which ye might have heard even upon the square-but those creatures there are pitiful.’
Victor Hugo, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
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