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Esmeralda and Quasimodo were still for several moments, as they considered their predicament 【小题1】(silent), she very graceful, he very repulsive. How anyone could 【小题2】(form) in such a way was beyond her comprehension. 【小题3】, she gradually adapted to it.
Eventually he was the first 【小题4】(break) the silence and he actually knew what she meant. She could hear so significant an 【小题5】(aware) of sadness from the accents of the unfortunate man that she had not the strength to utter a word. Quasimodo thought that he was something terrible,【小题6】 human nor beast, whilst she was a ray of sunshine, a drop of dew, a birdsong. He laughed, laughing at himself, 【小题7】 showed the most heartbreaking sound in the world.
But she wanted to obtain his 【小题8】(explain) why he would rescue her. He said he was the unfortunate man who attempted 【小题9】(kidnap) her, the same person to whom she showed kindness when he was in trouble. A drop of water and a little pity were more than he could repay with his life.
She listened to him with profound tenderness. A tear 【小题10】(swim) in his eye, but didn’t fall down. He seemed to make it a point of honour to keep it at bay.