pere-lachaise-a

Updated: June 15, 2025

The coffin was then carried from the church, all along the Boulevards, to the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise-a distance of three miles at least Meyerbeer and the other chief mourners, who held the cords, walking on foot, bareheaded. Karasowski mentions the same gentlemen as pall-bearers; Madame Audley, on the other hand, names Meyerbeer instead of Gutmann.

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