The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-12
CHAPTER Tx,
HIS DEMON nAru DrsERrEn-u1M

Marshal lie IIetz and those OF his servants who
np 4 been zen .aSeiI; that ~ IT, say round Potion.
ABOUT them surgcd the angry populace. drunk
NTH the very wine Of destruction. having been
stood the hlled bags, Of little, charred remains,
Burn them! Send them quick to he'll" So
And twice and thrice the villagers charged
desperntely as men who fight for their lives.
..Gi Stand to T.; menyn cried Pierre de rHopital.
9 "Bss fG shall att try sH2 Sim nHyG he fair ad tdT,9'w under hi.
breath. "'
s,6 Never mE,, vas seen such q sight as the process.
band Of soldiers. and these in ordered com.
pixies could scarce beat back the furious PUSHES
struck i%e,esiS, at the soldiers %di; 1or as III Il n n' saoteots
~ nm they became accessory to the crimes
...Barbe BieuI Barbe .Bleul" they cried.
red. He hath Dipped IT otter, in the lie blood
81 our children. Now we will redden It with
So RIM the tumult, surging and gathering
guard flashed. and the ordered hles shouidered
s,hais: Make way for F' the f pris oFSSS's 81 R tho
And as they entered the city from behind
and be before, from all The windows and roofs
| wy 'iO .houlSo 6IuDllIk IOuI VI ID6 naI1pu
any but sH the Db Is { U OF ali P 'Sis Rested calm and
PRECISION IN It saye a certain amused contempt.
tt fn p 7 hnG not Pt ti TSs' t Ff Is aI Is my S EpIy TSSETS t
die for a few score childrenL'
Ra InT hrsso the i lou 70 Nantes GILES de
when he came to himself. he had treated those
W W6S,d bad I'd S Seps5ssss him m rs To the he, Duke ~ nS only
rather spoke as an equal unjustly treated than
For this. sire OF Brittany" he said, must
France whose Minister and Marshal Ia i am am" Oh
repip but DfN Pierre H9u de raopit maG cut 'G ACROSS sse ,hs
cenvers9tion with that stern irony which char
My lord he said. remember that before
sSe}ieS So of III the ;n 9gss Of {? Brittany. And as such
4 decline to stand at your tribunal" said
Duke John, knowing well that while his
GILES s de EstzSi Nantes SsS p 70 PIaee, f2F young
and MARGARET Douglas. sent them under escort
to the, castle Of Anglers,
to them. that they might not be
without some of their own country TO sneak
James. however. eiected to abide With the
court. For there were many ladies there. and,
herIe@; n ni2n.a.IIyy IN Of the hed nfcsiita an Of fssbF6nsb 3s
speech (which changed daily. he had great
pleasure IN their society. and rode in the lists
his, former gallantry and success.
For. he said; he needed some compensation
for the, long abstinence enforced upon him by
his habit Of holy palmer. And right amply
did he make himself amends and was account;
properest Scot who had ever come to the land
Laurence remained with him, both because
his father was still angry with him on account
OF his desertion OF them In Paris. and also he:
Machecoul there were Important matters con
corning which. in the forthcoming trial. he
a'f Pierre SS" ID F FfEe ifsid woSid have detained the
sieur de Retz. but through the, intercession OF
evidence Of shoito and the lord James that
It was wholly by her means that Giles de Iietz
II viii go to, my sister, she said to sholto.
III matters little. My work is nearly done!'
So riding; as was her custom. all alone upon
toward the south.
In the city Of Nantes the rumor Of the tax
and as the cavalcade rode through the streets
the windows ralned down curses and the citi-
zsns mG0i KEEP. III his sr2 Rnu tas S'a asG dtsdaih h%t 1 rse
gard. like a noble nature who perforco COM
s pnniks is faT rte n nRarSeT Ti ike m fSe eom Peni H 6i
Dunois and de kichemont. and. as more than
~ remprssd, on this occasion he l?oksd like
So in the new tower Of the castle Of Nantes
GILES de Retz was placed to wait his trial.
There is no need TO give a long account OF l..
The documents have been printed in plain
riet first broke down under the. stern ques-
tIonl1g Of Pierre 4, de LHoGital and how he de- e
In which he had borne SO cruel a part.
Poitou. more faithful to his master. held ont
ill the threat Of torture and the anpeals of his
ever. deserve that the historian should not
Even In his first naughty and contemptuous
silence GILES de RetZ was shifting his ground.
ins 6 Mifm T e4 TO t Reh ssW co 6mtdfitii9eaceI 4fi soon
became evident to his mind that the powers
Of evil. IN whom he trusted and to whose ser
had b~efooled and betrayed him,
Well-evep SO would he fool them-if. by
the grace OF God, there were yet any merit or
hope in the service Of good; The priests said
So, the Scripture said 50, and they might DO
right after all AT least the thing was worth
For a calculating brain lay behind the ex-
ligion u the cross, might not be OF much final
use still Il was ALL that n sy Tep Rim on F n Gili e.
once more, he spostasized from Barran-sath-
anns to Jehovah.
for belief lie, arrayed himself in the white
robes of a Cnrmelite novice and spent, his
prison days IN singing iItanies and IN private
confession TO his religious adviser.
When the great day OF the trial at last mr.
rived, the Marshal. who had eXnected on The
bench the weak. kindly countonance ~ Duke
John. was called upon to %e9ntront the ,pd9mi-
table judicial rectitude Of Pierre lie Iliopital.
President and Grand Seneschal Of Brlttany.
lilies dc, Rctz appeared at 4lf trial dressed
IN white Of the richest materials and with, all
his military decorations upon him. But his
Judge. hablted in srerl and simple black. was
not In the least inundated.
Then came the great surprise, After the
evidence of Henriet and Poitou had been rend
to him the Marshal was asked to plead, TO
the SURPRISE of all he claimed benefit OF clergy;
II nave been n great sinner" he said. ~
nave. indeed. deserved q thousand deaths.
but now ] am n man Of God, l have CON
fessed. / have received absolution for all my
sins. God has forgiven me and my soul is
Good answered Pierre de rHopital. II
have nothing to do with your soul. must
leave that. as You Justly remark. 10 God. But
/ am here to try your body. aud. IL found
gully. 10 condemn that body TO suffer the
PENALTIES by law provided"
Then Clerk Henriat was brought In to ties,
tiTv mara fully of the crimes. bpNDul UuInllpl