 During the attack, Gringoire and a cloaked stranger slip into Notre Dame and find Esmeralda about to sneak out of the cathedral (she had feared that soldiers were trying to take her away when she heard the battle).When Gringoire offers to save the girl, she agrees and goes with the two men.The three get into a nearby boat and paddle down the Seine, and she passes out when she hears many people chanting for her death.