On March 17th he had his wish, or most of it: a state funeral for all the poilus at Les Invalides, and then a simple family burial.

在3月17日，他实现了他的希望，或者基本实现了：在巴黎荣军院，为所有步兵们举行国葬，然后再搞一个简单的家庭葬礼。

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Her daughters Jennifer and Lesley were looking for a simple funeral with a "lack of fuss and a lack of formality, because that was the sort of woman she was".

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The Victorian writer - whose fame had reached international proportions by the time he died of a stroke at his home in Higham in 1870 - had requested a simple funeral in the cemetery of the Kent cathedral, Mr Hesketh said.

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On March 17th he had his wish, or most of it: a state funeral for all the poilus at Les Invalides, and then a simple family burial.

ECONOMIST: Lazare Ponticelli