Victor Hugo 
Hunchback of Notre-Dame 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. After the death of his mother in 1821, he took a small house in a sequestered quarter, but refused to accept money from his father, and laboured day and night, that he might be the sooner in a condition to claim the hand of his mis tress, to whom he was united in the following year. His juvenile friend, Delon, was implicated in the conspiracy Of Saumur. Hugo wrote to his mother, Offering the fugitive an asylum in his house. This letter fell into the hands of the police it was read by Louis XVIII. Himself, and the first vacant pension was conferred on the writer.