Blois

This fortune consisted of but a few thousand francs.

Lambert returned to Blois at the beginning of 1820, driven from Paris by the sufferings to which the impecunious are exposed there.

He must often have been a victim to the secret storms, the terrible rage of mind by which artists are tossed, to judge from the only fact his uncle recollected, and the only letter he preserved of all those which Louis Lambert wrote to him at the time, perhaps because it was the last and the longest.

To begin with the story... louis one evening was at the thtre franais seated on a bench in the upper gallery near to one of the pillars which in those days divided off the third row of boxes On rising between the acts he saw a young woman who had just come into the box next him.

swedenborg has absolved god from the reproach attaching to him in the estimation of tender

souls for the perpetuity of revenge to punish the sin of a moment a system of injustice and cruelty each man may know for himself what hope he has of life eternal and whether this world has any rational sense i mean to make the attempt and this attempt may save the world just as much as the cross at jerusalem or the sword at mecca these were both the offspring of the desert of the thirty-three years of christ's life we only know the history of nine his life of seclusion prepared him for his life of

glory and i too craved for the desert notwithstanding the difficulties of the task i have felt it my duty to depict lambert's boyhood the unknown life to which i owe the only happy hours the only pleasant memories of my early days excepting during these two years i had nothing but annoyances and weariness though some happiness was mine at a later time it was always incomplete i have been diffuse i know but in default of entering into the whole wide heart and brain of louis lambert two words which inadequately express the infinite aspects of his inner life it would be almost impossible to make the second part of his intellectual history intelligible a phase that was unknown to the world and to me but of which the mystical outcome was made evident to my eyes in the course of a few hours those who have not already dropped this volume will i hope understand the events i still have to tell forming as they do a sort of second existence lived by this creature may i not say this creation in whom everything was to be so extraordinary even his end When Louis returned to Blois, his uncle was eager to procure him some amusement, but the poor priest was regarded as a perfect leper in that godly-minded town.

No one would have anything to say to a revolutionary who had taken the oaths.

Numerous authorities state, however, that Margaret spent most of her time in study with her preceptors, and in the devotional exercises which then had so large a place in the training of princesses.

still she was by no means indifferent to the pastimes in which her brother and his companions engaged gaston de foix the nephew of the king william goffier who became admiral de bonivet philip briand sieur de chabot florange the young adventurer charles de bourbon count of montpensier and anne de montmorency two future constables of france surrounded the heir to the throne with whom they practised tennis archery and jousting or played at soldiers pending the time when they were to wage war in earnest margaret was a frequent spectator of these pastimes and took a keen interest in her brother's efforts whenever he was assailing or defending some miniature fortress or tilting at the ring it would appear also that she was wont to play at chess with him for we have it on high authority that it is she and her brother who are represented thus engaged in a curious miniature preserved at the bibliothque nationale in paris in this design executed by an unknown artist only the back of francis is to be seen but a full view of margaret is supplied the personage standing behind her being artus goffier her own and her brother's governor whatever time margaret may have devoted to diversion she was certainly a very studious child for at fifteen years of age she already had the reputation of being highly accomplished shortly after her sixteenth birthday a great change took place in her life on august third fifteen o eight louise of savoy records in her journal that francis this day quitted amboise to become a courtier and left me all alone margaret accompanied her brother upon his entry into the world the young couple repairing to blois where louis the twelfth had fixed his residence there had previously been some unsuccessful negotiations in view of marrying margaret to prince henry of england henry the eighth and at this period another husband was suggested in the person of charles of austria count of flanders and subsequently emperor charles v louis the twelfth however had other views as regards the daughter of the count of angouleme for he knew that if he himself died without male issue the throne would pass to margaret's brother hence he decided to marry her to a prince of the royal house charles duke of alenon this prince born at alenon on september second fourteen eighty nine had been brought up at the chateau of mauve in la perche by his mother the pious and charitable margaret of lorraine who on losing her husband had resolved like louise of savoy to devote herself to the education of her children it had originally been intended that her son charles should marry suzanne daughter of the duke and duchess of bourbon the celebrated peter and anne de beaujeu but this match fell through owing to the death of peter and the opposition of anne who preferred the young count of montpensier afterwards constable de bourbon as a son-in-law the a yet higher alliance then presented itself for charles it was proposed that he should marry anne of brittany the widow of king charles the eighth but she was many years his senior and moreover to prevent the separation of brittany from france it had been stipulated that she should marry either her first husband's successor louis the twelfth or the heir-presumptive to the throne either course seemed impracticable as the heir francis of angoulme was but a child while the new king was already married to jane a daughter of louis the eleventh brittany seemed lost to france when louis the by promising the duchy of valentinois to caesar borgia prevailed upon pope alexander the sixth to divorce him from his wife he then married anne of brittany while charles of alenon proceeded to perfect his knightly education pending other matrimonial arrangements in fifteen o seven when in his eighteenth year he accompanied the army which the king led against the genoese and conducted himself bravely it was during this italian expedition that his mother negotiated his marriage with margaret of angouleme the alliance was openly countenanced by louis the twelfth and the young duke of valois as francis of angouleme was now called readily acceded to it margaret brought with her a dowry of sixty thousand livres payable in four instalments and charles who was on the point of attaining his twenty-first year was declared a major and placed in possession of his estates the marriage was solemnized at blois in october fifteen o nine margaret did not find in her husband a mind comparable to her own differences of taste and temper brought about a certain amount of coolness which did not however hinder the duchess from fulfilling the duties of a faithful submissive wife in fact although but little sympathy would appear to have existed between the duke and duchess of alenon their domestic differences have at least been singularly exaggerated during the first five years of her married life margaret lived in somewhat retired style in her duchy of alenon while her husband took part in various expeditions and was invested with important functions in fifteen thirteen he fought in picardy against the english and imperialists commanded by henry the eighth being present at the famous battle of spurs and early in fifteen fourteen he was appointed lieutenant-general and governor of brittany margaret at this period was not only often separated from her husband but she also saw little of her mother who had retired to her duchy of angouleme louise of savoy as mother of the heir-presumptive was the object of the homage of all adroit and politic courtiers but she had to behave with circumspection on account of the jealousy of the queen anne of brittany whose daughters claude and rene were debarred by the salic law from inheriting the crown louis the twelfth wished to marry claude to francis of angoulme but anne refusing her consent it was only after her death in fifteen fourteen that the marriage was solemnized It now seemed certain that Francis would in due course ascend the throne, but Louis XII abruptly contracted a third alliance, marrying Mary of England, the sister of Henry VIII.

Louise of Savoy soon deemed it prudent to keep a watch on the conduct of this gay young queen, and took up her residence at the court in November 1514.

The hardest part was figuring out where to go.

End of section 2 The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 1, by Margaret of Navarre, translated by George Saintsbury, Section 3, Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre, Part 3.

Some historians have stated that in wedding his sister to Henry d'Albray, Francis pledged himself to compel Charles V to surrender his brother-in-law's kingdom of Navarre.

this however was but a political project of which no deed guaranteed the execution francis no doubt promised margaret to make every effort to further the restitution and she constantly reminded him of his promise as is shown by several of her letters however political exigencies prevented francis from carrying out his plans and in a diplomatic document concerning the release of the children whom charles held as hostages the following clause occurs item the said lord king promises not to help or favour the king of navarre although he has married his only and dear beloved sister in reconquering his kingdom the indifference shown by francis for the political fortunes of his brother-in-law despite the numerous and signal services the latter had rendered him justly discontented henry who at last resolved to withdraw from the court where montmorency briand and several other personages his declared enemies were in favor margaret apparently had to follow her husband in his retirement for sainte-marthe remarks when the king of navarre disgusted with the court and seeing none of the promises that his brother-in-law had made him realized resolved to withdraw to berne margaret although the keen air of the mountains was hurtful to her health and her doctors had threatened her with a premature death if she persevered in braving the rigors of the climate preferred to put her life in peril rather than to fail in her duty by not accompanying her husband various biographers express the opinion that this retirement took place in fifteen twenty nine shortly after the peace of cambrai and others give fifteen thirty as the probable date margaret we find paid a flying visit to berne with her husband in fifteen twenty seven on january seventh fifteen twenty eight she was confined of her first child jane at fontainebleau and the following year she is found with her little daughter at langres near alenon in fifteen thirty she is confined at blois of a second child john prince of vienna who died at alenon on christmas day in the same year when but five and a half months old then in fifteen thirty one her letters show her with her mother at fontainebleau and louise of savoy being stricken with the plague then raging in france margaret closes her eyes at gretz a little village between fontainebleau and nemours on september twenty second in that year it was after this event that the king and queen of navarre determined to proceed to berne but so far as margaret herself is concerned it is certain that retirement was never of long duration while her brother lived she is constantly to be found at alenon fontainebleau and paris being frequently with the king who did not like to remain separated from her for any length of time he was wont to initiate her into his political intrigues in view of availing himself of her keen and subtle mind brantome referring to this subject remarks that her wisdom was such that the ambassadors who spoke to her were greatly charmed by it and made great report of it to those of their nation on their return in this respect she relieved the king her brother for they the ambassadors always sought her after delivering the chief business of their embassy And often, when there was important business, the king handed it over to her, relying upon her for its definite resolution.

She understood very well how to entertain and satisfy the ambassadors with fine speeches, of which he was very lavish, and also very clever at worming their secrets out of them, for which reason the king often said that she helped him right well, and relieved him of a great deal.

But o- on my way there, I remember being, a wave of dread coming over me as I was driving, because we heard it all on the radio.

You know, I, I was on my way to Blois for a nice lunch-

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But from Dinan, a more history-loving traveler will take the diligence to the nearest station on the main railroad and retrace the way as far as Laman.

diverging their southward to Tours, and so follow for a time the Loire, along which so many kingly châteaux are found, either going via Bourges, Moulins, Lyon, and Geneva into Switzerland, or taking Amboise, Chenonceau, Blois, and Orléans on the return route for Paris.

Tours has a fine Gothic cathedral with a strikingly rich ornamental facade dating from the 15th century, besides some stained glass that will arrest the visitor for a long morning before going on to Amboise, where the castle conspicuous on the great cliff was long the residence of the French kings.

One can mount from below to the summit of this height, by following a broad, winding passage, up which carriages were wont to drive the ascent is made so gradually within the tower.

Then Catherine de' Medici took possession, and bequeathing it to the widow of Henri III, it descended to the Condés.

In the time of Madame Dupin, George Sand's grandmother, Voltaire and Rousseau visited it, and the latter's opera, Le Devain du Village, was performed in the little theatre adjoining.

So the loquacious guide informs the visitor, Still more royal history meets one at Blois and seems brought very near in certain rooms of the castle where so many momentous events took place.

for the winding staircase, very richly decorated with the salamanders of Francis I, leads to the apartment where Henri III distributed the daggers, and beyond, to the very cabinet where Henri le Balafre, just as he was pushing aside the portiere, was attacked and pierced by many blades.