Repertory of the Comedie Humaine, part 2 | Page 7

Genouillac wrote a biography of the singer, containing many details
which are at variance with the facts here cited. Among other things we

are told that the given name of Mademoiselle Laguerre was Josephine
and not Sophie.
LA HAYE (Mademoiselle de). (See Petit-Claud, Madame.)
LAMARD, probably a rival of Felix Gaudissart. In a cafe in Blois, May,
1831, he praised the well-known commercial traveler, who treated him,
nevertheless, as a "little cricket." [Gaudissart the Great.]
LAMBERT (Louis), born in 1797 at Montoire in Loire-et-Cher. Only
son of simple tanners, who did not try to counteract his inclination,
shown when a mere child, for study. He was sent in 1807 to Lefebvre, a
maternal uncle, who was vicar of Mer, a small city on the Loire near
Blois. Under the kindly care of Madame de Stael, he was a student in
the college of Vendome from 1811 to 1814. Lambert met there
Barchon de Penhoen and Jules Dufaure. He was apparently a poor
scholar, but finally developed into a prodigy; he suffered the
persecutions of Father Haugoult, by whose brutal hands his "Treatise
on the Will," composed during class hours, was seized and destroyed.
The mathematician had already doubled his capacity by becoming a
philosopher. His comrades had named him Pythagoras. His course
completed, and his father being dead, Louis Lambert lived for two
years at Blois, with Lefebvre, until, growing desirous of seeing
Madame de Stael, he journeyed to Paris on foot, arriving July 14, 1817.
Not finding his illustrious benefactress alive, he returned home in 1820.
During these three years Lambert lived the life of a workman, became a
close friend of Meyraux, and was cherished and admired as a member
of the Cenacle on rue des Quatre-Vents, which was presided over by
Arthez. Once more he went to Blois, journeyed over Touraine, and
became acquainted with Pauline Salomon de Villenoix, whom he loved
with a passion that was reciprocated. He had suffered from brain
trouble previous to their engagement, and as the wedding day
approached the disease grew constantly worse, although occasionally
there were periods of relief. During one of these good periods, in 1822,
Lambert met the Cambremers at Croisic, and on the suggestion of
Pauline de Villenoix, he made a study of their history. The malady
returned, but was interrupted occasionally by outburts of beautiful
thought, the fragments of which were collected by Mademoiselle
Salomon. Louis had likewise occasional fits of insanity. He believed
himself powerless and wished, one day, to perform on his own body

Origene's celebrated operation. Lambert died September 25, 1824, the
day before the date selected for his marriage with Pauline. [Louis
Lambert. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris. A Seaside Tragedy.]
LAMBERT (Madame), lived in Paris in 1840. She was then at a very
pious age, "played the saint," and performed the duties of housekeeper
for M. Picot, professor of mathematics, No. 9, rue du Val-de-Grace. In
the service of this old philosopher she reaped enormous profits.
Madame Lambert hypocritically took advantage of her apparent
devotion to him. She sought Theodose de la Peyrade, and begged him
to write a memorial to the Academy in her favor, for she longed to
receive the reward offered by Montyon. At the same time she put into
La Peyrade's keeping twenty-five thousand francs, which she had
accumulated by her household thefts. On this occasion, Madame
Lambert seems to have been the secret instrument of Corentin, the
famous police-agent. [The Middle Classes.]
LANGEAIS (Duc de), a refugee during the Restoration, who planned,
at the time of the Terror, by correspondence with the Abbe de Marolles
and the Marquis de Beauseant to help escape from Paris, where they
were in hiding, two nuns, one of whom, Sister Agathe, was a Langeais.
[An Episode Under the Terror.] In 1812 Langeais married
Mademoiselle Antoinette de Navarreins, who was then eighteen years
old. He allowed his wife every liberty, and, neither abandoning any of
his habits, nor giving up any of his pleasures, he lived, indeed, apart
from her. In 1818 Langeais commanded a division in the army and
occupied a position at court. He died in 1823. [The Thirteen.]
LANGEAIS (Duchesse Antoinette de),[*] wife of the preceding,
daughter of the Duc de Navarreins; born in 1794; reared by the
Princesse de Blamont-Chauvry, her aunt; grand-niece of the Vidame de
Pamiers; niece of the Duc de Grandlieu by her marriage. Very beautiful
and intelligent, Madame de Langeais reigned in Paris at the beginning
of the Restoration. In 1819 her best friend was the Vicomtesse Claire
de Beauseant, whom she wounded cruelly, for her own amusement,
calling on her one morning for the express purpose of announcing the
marriage of the Marquis d'Ajuda-Pinto. Of this pitiless proceeding she
repented later, and asked pardon, moreover, of the foresaken woman.
Soon afterwards the Duchesse de