JULIE DE LESPINASSE CHAPTER I Master Basiliac's c1ient-TIirth of Julie de Lespinasse-Her rather-Early years at the Chateau d' Avauges-Maternal distress of the Countess dlA1bon-Her death-Jnlie at the Chitc,,u de Champrood-Her younger brotherl Abel de Vichy-Family Scenes and quarrels-Julie desires to take the veil-Madame dn Deff:md. I N the heart of the city of Lyons, and fronting the quays which ]jne the right bank of the Saone, rise the great buildings of a picture gallery. Originally known by the name of Grand Custom-House Place, the space thus filled was up to quite recent times the site of the old Custom · House. Here, about the year J 7.30, master Louis Basiliac, "official surgeon to the IilarshaI," occupied a modest tenement with his wife, dame !-'1adeleine Ganivet, a professional midwife. The quarter was un· fashionable, and the neighbours were almost exclu .. sively of the lower middle and artisan classes, but known honesty and a lengthy practice seemTable of Contents CONTENTS;...

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