Captivated, he complimented her on her remarkable exotic beauty and claimed he was being truthful (but not just to flatter her), using flowery and poetic prose:It""ll be the truth and nothing but the truth.Allan bemused o himself: "Ten million women in the country and I can""t wind up with one." He realized that his relationship with Linda worked so well because they were familiar with each other as friends and weren""t dating: "There""s no pressure with Linda, I""m not trying to make her.In a number of sublots, various attempts were made to save her from the gallows, by King of Beggars"" Clopin (Thomas Mitchell), Esmeralda""s poet-husband Pierre Gringoire (young radio actor Edmond O""Brien in his film debut), King Louis XI, and by Quasimodo himself.Mallory (Debra Mooney), who had planned on returning after the party.He lied, claiming he was going to be working on rewriting the third act of his roommate""s play instead.