It was at about that time that Louis Philippe's fifth son was born--a child who eventually became the last Seigneur of Chantilly. He was held at the baptismal font by the last Condé, who from this time formed a great affection for his godson. He used to walk with him in the grounds of Chantilly and narrate to him all the memorable events which had taken place in this ancestral abode; and Henri d'Orléans, then but seven years old, would listen with the greatest attention, and long after remembered the colloquies held with his princely sponsor and benefactor--the last of the line of Condé. He thus refers to him: "When recalling my childhood, I picture to myself M. le Duc de Bourbon, dressed in his habitual grey coat, white silk stockings, and light shoes, walking about in the grounds of Chantilly on cold December days. Leaning on his stick he would sometimes stand still and relate to me what had happened in years gone by at the old place; how he had known it in its splendour during his youth; and how all these sad changes had come upon it. He loved to recall also the grand festivities given by his father to King Louis XV, to Marie Antoinette, and to the Emperor and Empress Paul of Russia." [Illustration: PLATE XVIII. LOUIS HENRI JOSEPH DE BOURBON, LAST PRINCE DE CONDÉ. _Musée Condé._ Danloux] In 1830 Marie Amélie, Queen of Louis Philippe of France, visited Chantilly with her son, Prince Henri d'Orléans, and was received by the last of the Condés. A fortnight later the news was brought there that this princely line had come to an end. It has been alleged that the unfortunate liaison which the Duke had contracted with a heartless and low-born woman--one Sophie Dawes, the daughter of a fisherman in the Isle of Wight, and known as the Baronne de Feuchères--contributed greatly to embitter the last days of his life. After pocketing all she could, Madame de Feuchères on the death of the Duke left for England rather suddenly, and from that time was heard of no more. Louise, Princesse de Condé, died several years before her brother at the Temple as Prioress of the Benedictine Nuns. She had borne with much fortitude great trials; for during the Revolution she had to flee from place to place for safety, until she found at last a shelter within the walls of a convent--thus fulfilling the prophetic words of her friend, Gervaisais, "_C'est un front à porter une couronne ... ou un voile de religieuse_." CHAPTER X THE DUC D'AUMALE LORD OF CHANTILLY After the death of the last Condé, Chantilly was once more left desolate and abandoned, since Prince Henri d'Orléans, the heir, was still a child.