The great precautions were, perhaps, on account of the chariots of money; the honours, however, were for Mademoiselle, and they much flattered her vanity. The commandant of the escort demanded the order from her. When she appeared the troops gave the military salute. A regiment which she met on her route solicited the honour of being presented to her. She examined it closely, as a warlike Princess who understood military affairs, and of whom the grand Conde had said one day, apropos of a movement of troops, that "Gustavus Adolphus could not have done better." A certain halt upon the grass in a meadow through which flowed a stream left an indelible impression. Mademoiselle offered dinner this day to all the escort and almost all the convoy. The sight of the meadow crowded with uniformed men and horses recalled to her the campaigns of her fine heroic times. "The trumpets sounded during dinner; this gave completely the air of a true army march." She arrived at Sedan intoxicated by the military spectacle of her route, and her entry showed this. Considering her late exile the lack of modesty might well be criticised. The Queen, Anne of Austria, driving for pleasure in the environs of Sedan, saw a chariot appear with horses at full gallop surrounded by a mass of cavalry: "I arrived in this field at full speed with gens d'armes and light riders, their trumpets sounding in a manner sufficiently triumphant." The entire Court of France recognised the Grande Mademoiselle before actually seeing her. Exile had not changed her, and this entrance truly indicated her weaknesses. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Letter of January 19, 1689.] [Footnote 2: _Memoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier._ Edited by Cheruel.] [Footnote 3: _Memoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier._ Edited by Cheruel.] [Footnote 4: The Chateau of Saint-Fargeau still exists, but the interior has been transformed since a great fire which occurred in 1752; the apartments of Mademoiselle no longer remain. Cf. _Les Chateaux d'Ancy-le-Franc, de Saint-Fargeau_, etc., by the Baron Chaillou des Barres.] [Footnote 5: Cf. _Les Sports et jeux d'exercice dans l'ancienne France_, by J. J. Jusserand.] [Footnote 6: LES NOUVELLES FRANCAISES, ou _Les divertissements de la princesse Aurelie_, by Segrais, Paris, 2 vols., 1656-1657. The last of the "Nouvelles francaises," _Floridon, ou l'amour imprudent_, is the history of the intrigues in the harem which led to the death of Bajazet. Racine had certainly read it when he wrote his tragedy.] [Footnote 7: See _Bernardin de Saint-Pierre_, in the Collection of Grands ecrivains. Paris, Hochette.] [Footnote 8: His _Polexandre_ had appeared, 1629-1637; his last romance, _La Jeune Alcidiane_, in 1651; _Cassandre_ and _Cleopatre_, by La Calprenede, in 1642-1647. _Arlamene, ou le Grand Cyrus_, by Mlle. de Scudery, was published 1649-1653.] [Footnote 9: Letters of the 12th and 15th of July, 1671, to Mme. de Grignan.]