Memories and Commentaries

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One of my infrequent absences was to attend the funeral of my mother, who died on 7 June. For the third time in half a year, I heard the Requiem service chanted for one of my own family, and for the third time walked through the fields of the cemetery of Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois, Montlhéry, on the road to Orléans, and dropped a handful of dirt in an open grave.

One of my infrequent absences was to attend the funeral of my mother, who died on 7 June. For the third time in half a year, I heard the Requiem service chanted for one of my own family, and for the third time walked through the fields of the cemetery of Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois, Montlhéry, on the road to Orléans, and dropped a handful of dirt in an open grave.

excerpt from 'Memories and Commentaries' pp. 188-189 (70 words)

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