Note 58 — Chapter VII · “THAT WHICH BRINGS SATISFACTION TO THE HEART”
Theodora Davidson translation
Juliette Drouet was buried on May 12th, 1883, in the cemetery of Saint Mandé, near her daughter Claire, under a marble stone she had selected for herself in 1881. Her funeral was attended by a large body of journalists. The speech was delivered by Auguste Vacquerie. According to a letter she wrote to Victor Hugo on November 1st, 1881, she wished for an epitaph taken from one of the “sublime poems” he had addressed to her. Her desire was not gratified; the tomb does not even bear the name of our heroine.