Coictier is the king's physician who accompanies the king to visit Frollo to ask him about his medical knowledge.
Coppenole is a hosier who travels with the royal party from Brussels. Although he is a mere maker of hoses, he is announced as if he too were royalty. Coppenole has a way with the crowds in the opening of the novel, giving the reader a contrast between how the populace related to royalty and how royalty related to them, emphasizing the gap between them. Coppenole is the bridge. It is Coppenole who also suggests the election of the pope of fools, which introduces Quasimodo.
Robert d'Estouteville is the provost of Paris and presides over the trial of Quasimodo, finally sentencing him.....
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