The goat followed them, frisking, so joyous at seeing Gringoire again that it made him stumble every moment by thrusting its horns between his legs. “Such is life,” said the philosopher, every time that he came near falling down; “’tis often our best friends who cause us to be overthrown.”
Ironically, Pirate's statement reflects himself. He is here to rescue the goat and abandon La Esmeralda to Frollo.
