The Count of Monte Cristo

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Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.

M. de Boville had indeed met the funeral procession which was taking
Valentine to her last home on earth. The weather was dull and stormy, a
cold wind shook the few remaining yellow leaves from the boughs of the
trees, and scattered them among the crowd which filled the boulevards.
M. de Villefort, a true Parisian, considered the cemetery of
Pere-la-Chaise alone worthy of receiving the mortal remains of a
Parisian family; there alone the corpses belonging to him would be
surrounded by worthy associates. He had therefore purchased a vault,
which was quickly occupied by members of his family. On the front of the
monument was inscribed: "The families of Saint-Meran and Villefort," for
such had been the last wish expressed by poor Renee, Valentine's mother.
The pompous procession therefore wended its way towards Pere-la-Chaise
from the Faubourg Saint-Honore. Having crossed Paris, it passed through
the Faubourg du Temple, then leaving the exterior boulevards, it reached
the cemetery. More than fifty private carriages followed the twenty