Let us return to the facade of Notre-Dame,as it still appears to us,when we go piously to admire the grave and puissant cathedral,which inspires terror,so its chronicles assert: ~quoe mole sua terrorem incutit spectantibus~.

• 言归正传，再说一说圣母院的门脸儿吧。这座雄伟庄严的主教堂令人骇然，正如其编年史学家所云: 见其宏伟，游人无不目瞪口呆。当我们诚惶诚恐前去瞻仰时，它如今呈现在我们面前是个什么样子，我们在这里再做些描述吧。