Paris past & present . th the two Sombreuils,perished many men, women, young girls,masters and servants together, all faithful toeach other unto death : Madame de Saint Ama-ranthe, her son and daughter; M. and Sartines; Montmorency-Lavat; Kohane-Rochefort; Mme. d Esprem^nil; Ladmiralandthe porter of his house; Cecile Renault, withher father, mother, and brothers; the actressGrandmaison and her servant; the little seam-stress Nicolle, who was not yet sixteen, unhappy victims were all interred ina cemetery which still exists in the RuePicpus ; and this is why we shall not find t
Paris past & present . th the two Sombreuils,perished many men, women, young girls,masters and servants together, all faithful toeach other unto death : Madame de Saint Ama-ranthe, her son and daughter; M. and Sartines; Montmorency-Lavat; Kohane-Rochefort; Mme. d Esprem^nil; Ladmiralandthe porter of his house; Cecile Renault, withher father, mother, and brothers; the actressGrandmaison and her servant; the little seam-stress Nicolle, who was not yet sixteen, unhappy victims were all interred ina cemetery which still exists in the RuePicpus ; and this is why we shall not find thetomb of Monsieur de Sombreuil at the In-valides among those of former in the Cemetery of the Rue Picpus, wherehis remains do lie, you will find the tomb ofGeneral de Lafayette, the friend of GeorgeWashington. The General lies buried therealongside of his sweet and noble wife, whosetwo sisters and whose duchess mother were alsobeheaded during the Reign of Terror. The most remarkable funeral service which. ^ILilAiiY iL^NKUAL AT liiL IN \ ALiULS. MARSHAL MacMAHONS FUNERAL. 235 I beheld at the Invalides was that of MarshalMacMahou. Posterity will not place theDuke of Magenta among illustrious captains,perhaps, but he possessed many good qualities,and his interment was a grand affair. Mac-Mahon, not as exPresident of the E,epul>lic, butas a Marshal of France, was given all the mili-taiy and religious honours which could be paidto his remains. The spectacle was imposing inthe extreme. To say that so far as the localsociety who have charge of all funerals at Pariswas concerned, it was a burial service of thefirst class, is to tell that the sacred edificewas heavily draped with black velvet outsideand inside ; that an immense catafalque waserected in the middle of the building; thatthe four figures of Faith, Hope, Charity, andKeligion were set up at the four cornersthereof; that the armorial bearings of the de-ceased Marshal, alternating with the names ofthe battles
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