Semimodo, the hunchback in the bell tower calls down to Les The Lawn Moor who guards the front entrance to catch the end of rope he is throwing down and tie it part way up the flagpole. He lowers down a long clothesline with all manner of clothing attached with wooden clothes pins. He attaches the other end in the tower the garments wet and dry flutter in the breeze. The mystery of where the birds deposited the stolen goods is solved.It got so the hunchback could hardy move, much less ring a bell up there. Les aided by his binoculars, and looks at all the underwear, some with inscriptions and some with fancy designs and he and Semimodo make bets on which ones belong to whom.....