CHAPTER IV

Condé is disappointed in his hopes of obtaining the post of Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom--The prince incurs the hatred of the extreme Catholics--Plot to assassinate him on the Feast of Corpus Christi--Suspicion with which he is regarded by the zealots of his own party--Condé, deceived in his ambition and mortified by the hostility of the extremists on both sides, turns to pleasure for consolation--Violent passion of the Maréchale de Saint-André for him--Indignation and alarm aroused at Geneva by the rumours of Condé’s amorous adventures--Calvin and Bèze address a joint letter of remonstrance to the prince--Condé at Muret--Death of two of his children--Failing health of the Princesse de Condé--Her touching devotion to her husband--Her dignified attitude in regard to his infidelities--Return of Condé to the Court--Quarrel between him and Isabelle de Limeuil--Temporary triumph of the Maréchale de Saint-André--Refusal of the King to sanction the betrothal of the Marquis de Conti to Mlle. de Saint-Andre--Condé quits the Court in anger, but is reconciled to Isabelle and returns--A second honeymoon 43–52

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