CHAPTER XXXIII

Alarm of the conspirators at the arrest of the Vendômes--Chalais, at the instigation of Madame de Chevreuse, urges _Monsieur_ to take flight and throw himself into a fortress--_Monsieur_ and Chalais join the Court at Blois--The Comte de Louvigny betrays the latter to the Cardinal--Chalais is arrested at Nantes--Despicable conduct of _Monsieur_--Chalais, persuaded by Richelieu that Madame de Chevreuse is unfaithful to him, makes the gravest accusation against her, in the hope of saving his life--He is, nevertheless, condemned to death--He withdraws his accusations against Madame de Chevreuse--His barbarous execution--Death of the Maréchal d’Ornano--Marriage of _Monsieur_--Bassompierre declines the post of _Surintendant_ of _Monsieur’s_ Household--Indignation of Louis XIII against Anne of Austria--Public humiliation inflicted upon the Queen--Banishment of Madame de Chevreuse--Bassompierre nominated Ambassador Extraordinary to England--Differences between Charles I and Henrietta over the question of the young Queen’s French attendants--The Tyburn pilgrimage--Expulsion of the French attendants from England--Resentment of the Court of France.....pp. 446-466