her breath caught between ragged sobs-
she ran faster.

thefootstepsseemed so close.

faster!

openthedoor;please!
she cried.

the bundle in her arms wailed.
the sound merging with the gypsy's last scream-

sanctuary.

and then one thousand radiant angels appeared!
and they took
her soul to be with her beautiful child in heaven,
where she would fear no more.

that would be my ideal Quasimodo start and ending actually. ^^