Life in the city did not agree with the child, who
to make matters worse was much neglected, his mother being wholly taken
up with her lover, and his father with art. He grew up puny, serious
like a little man; at five years his head had grown quite out of
proportion to his height, but as his skull increased in size his
intelligence diminished. His head alone continued to grow, verging on
cretinism, until, in 1869, the unfortunate child died of some obscure
form of malnutrition. L'Oeuvre.
LAPOULLE, a soldier in the 106th Regiment of the line, in the squad of
Corporal Jean Macquart. He came from the Marshes of Sologne, and was so
ignorant that when he joined the regiment he asked to be shown the
King. He had great strength, and consequently all the heavy work of his
company was assigned to him. After the battle of Sedan, he was one of
the prisoners on the Isle d'Iges, where driven frantic by famine, and
instigated by Chouteau, he killed Pache, who had hidden some bread from
his companions. The following night he attempted to escape by swimming
the Meuse, but was killed by a bullet fired by a Prussian sentinel.
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