“At that moment” (during his last hours), exclaimed the orator, “he (Condé) extended his consideration to the most humble of his servants. With a liberality worthy of his birth and of their services, he left them overwhelmed with gifts, but still more honoured by the proofs of his remembrance.” But for the woman who had so gloriously borne his name, who had so uncomplainingly shared his misfortunes, Condé, on his death-bed, had not a word of tenderness, of gratitude, or of pardon. Nay, if we are to believe _la Grande Mademoiselle_, on the morrow of his masters death, Gourville carried to Louis XIV. a letter written some time before, to be given him after that event, in which Condé entreated the King never to allow the princess to leave her prison at Châteauroux.[241] However that may be, Claire-Clémence never quitted that gloomy fortress, either living or dead; for, when she died, after surviving her husband more than seven years (18 April, 1694), she was interred in the Church of Saint-Martin, which lay within the precincts of the château. “No member of her illustrious family appears to have attended her obsequies, and doubtless the twelve poor people whom she had had the charity to maintain out of her meagre allowance, with some Capuchins from the neighbouring convent, were the only persons who came to pray over the grave of her who, for her misfortune, had become “the very high, very excellent and puissant Princesse de Condé.”[242] CHAPTER XIX Henri-Jules de Bourbon, fifth Prince de Condé--His affection for Chantilly--Improvements which he executes there--The “_Galerie des Batailles_”--His business capacity--His relations with his son, the Duc de Bourbon (_Monsieur le Duc_)--Character of this prince--His ungovernable temper and vindictiveness--His intrigue with Madame de Mussy--She betrays him for the Comte d’Albert--A violent scene--Madame de Mussy follows her new lover to Spain--Her sad fate--Other amours of _Monsieur le Duc_--Character of _Madame la Duchesse_--Her intrigue with the Prince de Conti--Her grief at his premature death--Last years of the Prince de Condé--His eccentricity becomes hardly distinguishable from madness--Anecdotes concerning him--His death--His last instructions to his son--The Duc de Bourbon retains his title, instead of assuming that of Prince de Condé--His sudden death, eleven months after that of his father. The son and grandson of the Great Condé have left but few traces in history, and the little which is recorded of them does not, as a rule, redound to their credit.