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		<title>Historymaker: Created page with &quot;Les Mis&amp;eacute;rables,  Volume 2: Cosette, Book Sixth: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapter 8: Post Corda Lapides&lt;br /&gt; (Tome 2: Cosette, Livre sixi&amp;egrave;me: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapitre 8...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables,  Volume 2: Cosette, Book Sixth: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapter 8: Post Corda Lapides&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 2: Cosette, Livre sixième: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapitre 8...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Les Mis&amp;amp;eacute;rables,  Volume 2: Cosette, Book Sixth: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapter 8: Post Corda Lapides&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 2: Cosette, Livre sixi&amp;amp;egrave;me: Le Petit-Picpus, Chapitre 8: Post Corda Lapides)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==General notes on this chapter==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==French text==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Apr&amp;amp;egrave;s en avoir esquiss&amp;amp;eacute; la figure morale, il n'est pas inutile d'en&lt;br /&gt;
indiquer en quelques mots la configuration mat&amp;amp;eacute;rielle. Le lecteur en a&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;j&amp;amp;agrave; quelque id&amp;amp;eacute;e.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Le couvent du Petit-Picpus-Saint-Antoine emplissait presque enti&amp;amp;egrave;rement&lt;br /&gt;
le vaste trap&amp;amp;egrave;ze qui r&amp;amp;eacute;sultait des intersections de la rue Polonceau, de&lt;br /&gt;
la rue Droit-Mur, de la petite rue Picpus et de la ruelle condamn&amp;amp;eacute;e&lt;br /&gt;
nomm&amp;amp;eacute;e dans les vieux plans rue Aumarais. Ces quatre rues entouraient ce&lt;br /&gt;
trap&amp;amp;egrave;ze comme ferait un foss&amp;amp;eacute;. Le couvent se composait de plusieurs&lt;br /&gt;
b&amp;amp;acirc;timents et d'un jardin. Le b&amp;amp;acirc;timent principal, pris dans son entier,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;tait une juxtaposition de constructions hybrides qui, vues &amp;amp;agrave; vol&lt;br /&gt;
d'oiseau, dessinaient assez exactement une potence pos&amp;amp;eacute;e sur le sol. Le&lt;br /&gt;
grand bras de la potence occupait tout le tron&amp;amp;ccedil;on de la rue Droit-Mur&lt;br /&gt;
compris entre la petite rue Picpus et la rue Polonceau; le petit bras&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;tait une haute, grise et s&amp;amp;eacute;v&amp;amp;egrave;re fa&amp;amp;ccedil;ade grill&amp;amp;eacute;e qui regardait la petite&lt;br /&gt;
rue Picpus; la porte coch&amp;amp;egrave;re n&amp;amp;ordm; 62 en marquait l'extr&amp;amp;eacute;mit&amp;amp;eacute;. Vers le&lt;br /&gt;
milieu de cette fa&amp;amp;ccedil;ade, la poussi&amp;amp;egrave;re et la cendre blanchissaient une&lt;br /&gt;
vieille porte basse cintr&amp;amp;eacute;e o&amp;amp;ugrave; les araign&amp;amp;eacute;es faisaient leur toile et qui&lt;br /&gt;
ne s'ouvrait qu'une heure ou deux le dimanche et aux rares occasions o&amp;amp;ugrave;&lt;br /&gt;
le cercueil d'une religieuse sortait du couvent. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait l'entr&amp;amp;eacute;e&lt;br /&gt;
publique de l'&amp;amp;eacute;glise. Le coude de la potence &amp;amp;eacute;tait une salle carr&amp;amp;eacute;e qui&lt;br /&gt;
servait d'office et que les religieuses nommaient ''la d&amp;amp;eacute;pense''. Dans le&lt;br /&gt;
grand bras &amp;amp;eacute;taient les cellules des m&amp;amp;egrave;res et des s&amp;amp;oelig;urs et le noviciat.&lt;br /&gt;
Dans le petit bras les cuisines, le r&amp;amp;eacute;fectoire, doubl&amp;amp;eacute; du clo&amp;amp;icirc;tre, et&lt;br /&gt;
l'&amp;amp;eacute;glise. Entre la porte n&amp;amp;ordm; 62 et le coin de la ruelle ferm&amp;amp;eacute;e Aumarais&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;tait le pensionnat, qu'on ne voyait pas du dehors. Le reste du trap&amp;amp;egrave;ze&lt;br /&gt;
formait le jardin qui &amp;amp;eacute;tait beaucoup plus bas que le niveau de la rue&lt;br /&gt;
Polonceau; ce qui faisait les murailles bien plus &amp;amp;eacute;lev&amp;amp;eacute;es encore au&lt;br /&gt;
dedans qu'&amp;amp;agrave; l'ext&amp;amp;eacute;rieur. Le jardin, l&amp;amp;eacute;g&amp;amp;egrave;rement bomb&amp;amp;eacute;, avait &amp;amp;agrave; son&lt;br /&gt;
milieu, au sommet d'une butte, un beau sapin aigu et conique duquel&lt;br /&gt;
partaient, comme du rond-point &amp;amp;agrave; pique d'un bouclier, quatre grandes&lt;br /&gt;
all&amp;amp;eacute;es, et, dispos&amp;amp;eacute;es deux par deux dans les embranchements des grandes,&lt;br /&gt;
huit petites, de fa&amp;amp;ccedil;on que, si l'enclos e&amp;amp;ucirc;t &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; circulaire, le plan&lt;br /&gt;
g&amp;amp;eacute;om&amp;amp;eacute;tral des all&amp;amp;eacute;es e&amp;amp;ucirc;t ressembl&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; une croix pos&amp;amp;eacute;e sur une roue. Les&lt;br /&gt;
all&amp;amp;eacute;es, venant toutes aboutir aux murs tr&amp;amp;egrave;s irr&amp;amp;eacute;guliers du jardin,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;taient de longueurs in&amp;amp;eacute;gales. Elles &amp;amp;eacute;taient bord&amp;amp;eacute;es de groseilliers. Au&lt;br /&gt;
fond une all&amp;amp;eacute;e de grands peupliers allait des ruines du vieux couvent,&lt;br /&gt;
qui &amp;amp;eacute;tait &amp;amp;agrave; l'angle de la rue Droit-Mur, &amp;amp;agrave; la maison du petit couvent,&lt;br /&gt;
qui &amp;amp;eacute;tait &amp;amp;agrave; l'angle de la ruelle Aumarais. En avant du petit couvent, il&lt;br /&gt;
y avait ce qu'on intitulait le petit jardin. Qu'on ajoute &amp;amp;agrave; cet ensemble&lt;br /&gt;
une cour, toutes sortes d'angles vari&amp;amp;eacute;s que faisaient les corps de logis&lt;br /&gt;
int&amp;amp;eacute;rieurs, des murailles de prison, pour toute perspective et pour tout&lt;br /&gt;
voisinage la longue ligne noire de toits qui bordait l'autre c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; de la&lt;br /&gt;
rue Polonceau, et l'on pourra se faire une image compl&amp;amp;egrave;te de ce&lt;br /&gt;
qu'&amp;amp;eacute;tait, il y a quarante-cinq ans, la maison des bernardines du&lt;br /&gt;
Petit-Picpus. Cette sainte maison avait &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; b&amp;amp;acirc;tie pr&amp;amp;eacute;cis&amp;amp;eacute;ment sur&lt;br /&gt;
l'emplacement d'un jeu de paume fameux du quatorzi&amp;amp;egrave;me au seizi&amp;amp;egrave;me si&amp;amp;egrave;cle&lt;br /&gt;
qu'on appelait le ''tripot des onze mille diables''.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Toutes ces rues du reste &amp;amp;eacute;taient des plus anciennes de Paris. Ces noms,&lt;br /&gt;
Droit-Mur et Aumarais, sont bien vieux; les rues qui les portent sont&lt;br /&gt;
beaucoup plus vieilles encore. La ruelle Aumarais s'est appel&amp;amp;eacute;e la&lt;br /&gt;
ruelle Maugout; la rue Droit-Mur s'est appel&amp;amp;eacute;e la rue des &amp;amp;Eacute;glantiers,&lt;br /&gt;
car Dieu ouvrait les fleurs avant que l'homme taill&amp;amp;acirc;t les pierres.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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After having sketched its moral face, it will not prove unprofitable to&lt;br /&gt;
point out, in a few words, its material configuration. The reader already&lt;br /&gt;
has some idea of it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The convent of the Petit-Picpus-Sainte-Antoine filled almost the whole of&lt;br /&gt;
the vast trapezium which resulted from the intersection of the Rue&lt;br /&gt;
Polonceau, the Rue Droit-Mur, the Rue Petit-Picpus, and the unused lane,&lt;br /&gt;
called Rue Aumarais on old plans. These four streets surrounded this&lt;br /&gt;
trapezium like a moat. The convent was composed of several buildings and a&lt;br /&gt;
garden. The principal building, taken in its entirety, was a juxtaposition&lt;br /&gt;
of hybrid constructions which, viewed from a bird's-eye view, outlined,&lt;br /&gt;
with considerable exactness, a gibbet laid flat on the ground. The main&lt;br /&gt;
arm of the gibbet occupied the whole of the fragment of the Rue Droit-Mur&lt;br /&gt;
comprised between the Rue Petit-Picpus and the Rue Polonceau; the lesser&lt;br /&gt;
arm was a lofty, gray, severe grated facade which faced the Rue&lt;br /&gt;
Petit-Picpus; the carriage entrance No. 62 marked its extremity. Towards&lt;br /&gt;
the centre of this facade was a low, arched door, whitened with dust and&lt;br /&gt;
ashes, where the spiders wove their webs, and which was open only for an&lt;br /&gt;
hour or two on Sundays, and on rare occasions, when the coffin of a nun&lt;br /&gt;
left the convent. This was the public entrance of the church. The elbow of&lt;br /&gt;
the gibbet was a square hall which was used as the servants' hall, and&lt;br /&gt;
which the nuns called the buttery. In the main arm were the cells of the&lt;br /&gt;
mothers, the sisters, and the novices. In the lesser arm lay the kitchens,&lt;br /&gt;
the refectory, backed up by the cloisters and the church. Between the door&lt;br /&gt;
No. 62 and the corner of the closed lane Aumarais, was the school, which&lt;br /&gt;
was not visible from without. The remainder of the trapezium formed the&lt;br /&gt;
garden, which was much lower than the level of the Rue Polonceau, which&lt;br /&gt;
caused the walls to be very much higher on the inside than on the outside.&lt;br /&gt;
The garden, which was slightly arched, had in its centre, on the summit of&lt;br /&gt;
a hillock, a fine pointed and conical fir-tree, whence ran, as from the&lt;br /&gt;
peaked boss of a shield, four grand alleys, and, ranged by twos in between&lt;br /&gt;
the branchings of these, eight small ones, so that, if the enclosure had&lt;br /&gt;
been circular, the geometrical plan of the alleys would have resembled a&lt;br /&gt;
cross superposed on a wheel. As the alleys all ended in the very irregular&lt;br /&gt;
walls of the garden, they were of unequal length. They were bordered with&lt;br /&gt;
currant bushes. At the bottom, an alley of tall poplars ran from the ruins&lt;br /&gt;
of the old convent, which was at the angle of the Rue Droit-Mur to the&lt;br /&gt;
house of the Little Convent, which was at the angle of the Aumarais lane.&lt;br /&gt;
In front of the Little Convent was what was called the little garden. To&lt;br /&gt;
this whole, let the reader add a courtyard, all sorts of varied angles&lt;br /&gt;
formed by the interior buildings, prison walls, the long black line of&lt;br /&gt;
roofs which bordered the other side of the Rue Polonceau for its sole&lt;br /&gt;
perspective and neighborhood, and he will be able to form for himself a&lt;br /&gt;
complete image of what the house of the Bernardines of the Petit-Picpus&lt;br /&gt;
was forty years ago. This holy house had been built on the precise site of&lt;br /&gt;
a famous tennis-ground of the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, which&lt;br /&gt;
was called the &amp;quot;tennis-ground of the eleven thousand devils.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
All these streets, moreover, were more ancient than Paris. These names,&lt;br /&gt;
Droit-Mur and Aumarais, are very ancient; the streets which bear them are&lt;br /&gt;
very much more ancient still. Aumarais Lane was called Maugout Lane; the&lt;br /&gt;
Rue Droit-Mur was called the Rue des Eglantiers, for God opened flowers&lt;br /&gt;
before man cut stones.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==Translation notes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Textual notes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
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