Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-10
CHAPTER xxx.
Candles on His Parole.


The second return of the army of the
princess into Bordeaux was very diff
ferent from the first. There were
laurelS for everyone. Even Candles
rode side by side with Ravailly, and
was saluted as a brave man, and a
good commander. Certainly those who
had been in the first attack, particu-
larly those who had sustained any in
jury, preserved some rancOr against
, their conqueror; but Candles was so
handsome, and so noble; he supported
as once so gaily, yet with so much
dignity, his new position, that all else
was quickly forgotten. Besides, he
was, after all, surrounded by old
friends.
Madame de Condo saw him pass
from her window, and could not but
admire him. They lodged him in the
great fortress and by day he had per-
! feet liberty to go where he pleased, on
/ his parole and his undertaking not to
correspond with any one out of the
city.
Before taking this last oath, he had
requested permission to write one note
which was granted to him, and he
sent to Nanon the following
"a prisoner, but free in Bordeaux on
my parole, and promise not to CORES
pond without the walls, [ write these
few lines, dear Nanon, to assure you
of my friendship, which my silence
might otherwise have made you doubt.
[ trust to you to defend my honor with
the king and queen. Yours, Candles"
OF course, Madame de Cambes' in
tluence had been used to procure this
liberal treatment for Candles. For
five Or six days he was overwhelmed
with fetes and dinners He was al
ways to be seen with Ravailly, who
went about with his left arm passed
through Candles, and his right in a
sling.
When the drums beat, and the Bor-
delais set out on any expedition. Ca
nolles was sure to be there, a curious
: and smiling spectator. He had seen
little of Madame de Cambes, and had
hardly spoken to her. 1t seemed to
suffice to her, to know that he was
near. At last he wrote to complain,
and she got him introduced to several
! families in town, whom she was ac-
cuStOmed to visit. He also received
permission to go and pay his respects
to Madame Condo, and he sometimes
appeared in the circle At first, to see
, Claire, exchange a few words with
her, or press her hand as she got into
the carriage, was the great event of
his day. After time, however, this
satisfied him no longer. Then, as
j Claire feared more for his honor, than
for hers, if they appeared too intimate
he endeayored to seek amusement else
where.
One day, when he went to church,
as usual, to offer the holy water to
her, she did not arrive, and he offered
it instead to a charming woman, whom
he had not seen before. 1t was not
his fault, it was Claire's, for if she
had been there, he would have seen
no one lese. The next day he received
an invitation to pass the evening at
the house of the advocate General
Lavie, the person who had originally
opposed the entrance Of the princess
into Bordeaux, and who was in the
interest of NJ. d'Epernon. Candles,
who felt more and more the want of
amusement, accepted the invitation
and on entering the room, was highly
pleased at finding in Madame Lavie
his charming brunette of the day be-
homage enough to have turned the