Note 16 — Chapter III · “LA TRISTESSE D’OLYMPIO”
Theodora Davidson translation
In 1877 Madame Drouet, although seventy-one years old, insisted upon attending the funeral of Mlle. Louise Bertin. “I wish,” she wrote to Victor Hugo, “to show in this way that I have not forgotten the marks of sympathy she gave you on my account in the early days of our love” (Letter of April 28th, 1877).