CHAPTER V.

Lude--Saumur Revisited--The Garden--La Petite Voisine--The Retired Militaire--Les Pierres Couvertes--Les Petites Pierres--Loudun--Urbain Grandier--Richelieu--The Nuns--The Victim--The Fly--The Malle Poste--The Dislodged Serpents.

Poitiers--Battles--The Armies--King John of France--The Young Warrior--Hôtel des Vreux--Amphitheatre--Blossac--The Great Stone--The Scholars--Museum--The Demon's Stone--Grande Gueule.

Notre Dame--The Keys--The Miracle--Procession--St. Radegonde--Tomb of the Saint--Foot-print--Little Loubette--The Count Outwitted--The Cordelier--Late Justice--The Templars.