CHAPTER XVI.

Remark of Fouquet’s Mother--The Prisoner’s Piety--Danger which he escapes at Pignerol--Incessant Supervision over him at La Pérouse, near Pignerol--Excessive Scruples of Saint-Mars--Precautions prescribed by Louvois--Espionage exercised over Fouquet by his Servants and his Confessor--Illnesses of the Prisoner--He devotes himself entirely to Study and to religious Meditations--Works to which he gives himself up--His new Motto--Interest which he continues to take in all his Relations and in Louis XIV.--Saint-Mars’ laconic Answers 208