CHAPTER XVIII

Bassompierre arrives in Paris--Marie de’ Medici is exiled to Blois--Bassompierre’s account of the parting between Louis XIII and his mother--The rebellious princes return to Court and are pardoned, but Condé remains in the Bastille--His wife solicits and receives permission to join him there--Arrest of the Governor and Lieutenant of the Bastille, on a charge of conniving at a secret correspondence between Barbin and the Queen-Mother--Bassompierre is placed temporarily in charge of the fortress--The Prince and Princesse de Condé are transferred to the Château of Vincennes--Bassompierre goes to Rouen to attend the assembly of the Notables--A rapid journey.....pp. 219-224