M.
Maire has no hesitation in assigning this portion to the time of Clement
VI., by reason of the coarser nature of the masons' marks. Turning
southwards, we pass the Porte St. Dominique, and reach the Porte St. Roch
(formerly the Porte du Chamfleury, and only opened at plague times) and
the Porte de la Republique. We soon note the unrestored portions, the site
of the old Porte Limbert, and turn northward to the Porte St. Lazare.
Before we reach this gate we may fitly make a digression, and in pious
memory of a great Englishman, fare along the Avenue du Cimetiere to the
grave of John Stuart Mill, who with his wife lies buried within the
cemetery under an elder-tree on the right and toward the end of Avenue 2.
A plain stone slab bears the well-known inscription to Mrs. Mill's memory
--the noblest and most eloquent epitaph ever composed by man for woman. It
is pleasant to remember that Mill has left golden opinions of his
gentleness and generosity behind him at Avignon. His house, a charming
little hermitage approached by an avenue of plane trees not far from the
cemetery, was sold in 1905, and a few relics were bought and still are
cherished by the rare friends the somewhat self-centered philosopher made
in the city.
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