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Léon Gambetta (1838–1882), the republican leader of the national defence in 1870–71, President of the Chamber and in 1881–82 head of government. He died at Ville-d'Avray on 31 December 1882, aged forty-four; a revolver wound to his hand in November had kept him in bed, and he died of an intestinal illness. ↩
His ministry: Gambetta's «Grand Ministère» was formed on 14 November 1881 and fell on 26 January 1882, defeated over his proposal to revise the constitution. ↩
Chopin's Funeral March: the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35. ↩
Étincelle: the pen name of Marie Biard de Peyronny, society columnist of Le Figaro (see 19 March 1881). ↩
Albert Wolff (1835–1891): the powerful art critic of Le Figaro. ↩