CHAPTER III.

Tomb of Bérangère--Wives of Coeur de Lion--Tombs--Abbey Churches--Château of Le Mans--De Craon--The Spectre of Le Mans--The Vendéeans--Madame de la Roche-Jaquelin--A Woman's Perils--Disasters of the Vendéeans--Henri--Chouans.

The Museum of Le Mans--Venus--Mummy--Geoffrey-le-Bel--His Costume--Matilda--Scarron--Hélie de la Flèche--Rufus--The White Knight.