Bassompierre in the Bastille--He is informed that he has been imprisoned “from fear lest he might be induced to do wrong”--_Monsieur_ retires to Lorraine--The marshal’s nephew the Marquis de Bassompierre is ordered to leave France--After a few weeks of captivity, Bassompierre solicits his liberty, which is refused--He falls seriously ill, but recovers--Death of his wife the Princesse de Conti--Flight of the Queen-Mother to Brussels--Death of Bassompierre’s brother the Marquis de Removille--Execution of the Maréchal de Marillac--Montmorency’s revolt--Trial and execution of the duke--Hopes of liberty, which, however, do not materialise--Arrest of Châteauneuf--Arrival of the Chevalier de Jars in the Bastille--A grim experience--Bassompierre disposes of his post of Colonel-General of the Swiss to the Marquis de Coislin--The marshal’s hopes of liberty constantly flattered and as constantly deceived--Malignity of Richelieu--The ravages committed by the contending armies upon his estates in Lorraine reduce Bassompierre to the verge of ruin--The marshal’s niece, Madame de Beuvron solicits her uncle’s liberty of Richelieu--Mocking answer of the Cardinal--Some notes written by Bassompierre in the margin of a copy of Dupleix’s history are published under his name, but without his authority--The historian complains to the Cardinal--Arrest of Valbois for reciting a sonnet attacking Richelieu for his treatment of Bassompierre--Apprehensions of the marshal--His despair at his continued detention--Grief occasioned him by the death of a favourite dog--The Duc de Guise dies in exile. On the following day the Governor of the Bastille came to visit Bassompierre, and told the marshal that he was instructed by the King to inform him that “he had not caused him to be arrested for any fault which he had committed, and that he regarded him as his good servant, but from fear lest he might be induced to do wrong,” and that he should not remain long in confinement. This assurance, Bassompierre tells us, afforded him great consolation. Du Tremblay added that his Majesty had given orders that the marshal was to be allowed complete liberty, save that of leaving the fortress, and to take exercise in any part of the Bastille, while he was also to be permitted to have with him such of his servants as he might choose to attend him. Bassompierre, however, contented himself with sending for two lackeys and a cook, who were lodged in a room adjoining his own. A day or two later Bassompierre sent to inquire of the King if his nephew, the Marquis de Bassompierre, eldest son of the marshal’s surviving brother, the Marquis de Removille, who was on a visit to France, might be permitted to visit him. His Majesty replied that, not only would he permit, but even wished, him to do so, and that he loved him, both for himself and on account of his uncle.