All 3 Uses of
ardor
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- After the morning in the pillory, the neighbors of Notre-Dame thought they noticed that Quasimodo's ardor for ringing had grown cool.†
Chpt 2.7.3 *
- Fleur-de-Lys loved him, he was her betrothed; she was alone with him; his former taste for her had re-awakened, not with all its freshness but with all its ardor; after all, there is no great harm in tasting one's wheat while it is still in the blade; I do not know whether these ideas passed through his mind, but one thing is certain, that Fleur-de-Lys was suddenly alarmed by the expression of his glance.†
Chpt 2.8.6
- The death of the poor scholar imparted a furious ardor to that crowd.†
Chpt 2.10.4
Definition:
a feeling of strong enthusiasm or love -- usually for a person or a cause