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Image Attribution: Olof Johan Södermark (1790-1848) (Public domain)
Image Attribution: Olof Johan Södermark (1790-1848) (Public domain)
On the 3rd of September at ten o’clock in the evening, a gendarme woke up the whole of Verrières by galloping up the main street. He brought the news that His Majesty the King of — would arrive the following Sunday, and it was already Tuesday. The prefect authorised, that is to say, demanded the forming of a guard of honour. They were to exhibit all possible pomp.
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