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 During the week preceding the ceremony, every day from ten to four, an immense crowd stood at the gates of the Archbishopric, waiting their turn to see the remains of the Archbishop, who lay embalmed within.

His face was ghastly; his beard and mustache, which had grown in the prison, were on one side discolored with blood. He was laid out in state, and beside him, day and night, nuns and priests were praying.

The body of Monseigneur Surat, placed in the same room, was not uncovered, the face having been too much disfigured to render embalming possible. This was also the case with the Abbé Duguerry, whose corpse was placed in a chapel of the Madeleine, and where, all day long, a respectful and mourning crowd came to take a last farewell of their beloved curate.

On Wednesday, June 7th, the obsequies of the Archbishop, of Monseigneur Surat, Vicar-General, of the Abbé Duguerry, Curé de la Madeleine, of the Abbé Bécourt, Curé de Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, of the Abbé Sabattier, second vicar of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, and other hostages, took place at Notre Dame.

The interior of the cathedral church of Paris was entirely hung in black, as was also the front of the church. A shield bearing the arms of the Archbishop, with this device: "Labore fideque," was placed above the central door. On each side were shields bearing the fatal dates of the 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th of May.

In the interior of the church on other shields were engraved the names of the hostages assassinated by the Commune.

Before the choir in the middle of the transept stood the catafalque of the Archbishop; on the right and left were those of Mgr. Surat and Abbé Duguerry; further down were those of Abbé Bécourt and Abbé Sabattier.

The members of the National Assembly, the Ministers,