CHAPTER V The fêtes of Fontainebleau--Charles IX. and Catherine set out on a grand progress through the kingdom--Dangerous illness of the Princesse de Condé--Her husband obliged to remain with her--Scandalous _dénoûment_ of the amours of Condé and Isabelle de Limeuil--Indignation of the Queen-Mother--Isabelle and the Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon--The Comte de Maulevrier accuses Isabelle of having plotted to poison the prince--She is arrested and conducted to the Franciscan convent at Auxonne--Tender correspondence between her and Du Fresne--Passionate letters of Condé to his mistress--Isabelle denies the charges against her--Her letter to Catherine--She is removed to Vienne--Her despair--Her pathetic letters to Condé--She is examined by the Bishops of Orléans and Limoges, and confronted by Maulevrier 53–69 CHAPTER VI Death of the Princesse de Condé--Question of the prince’s remarriage--The Maréchale de Saint-André’s bid for his hand--Rumours of a matrimonial alliance with the Guises--Catherine de’Medici, alarmed at such a prospect, resolves to set Mlle. de Limeuil at liberty--Isabelle joins Condé at Valery--Intense indignation of the Huguenots at the scandalous conduct of the prince--Quarrel between Condé and Coligny--The leaders of the party take counsel together “to find a remedy for so great an evil”--The deputation of Protestant pastors--Condé declines to separate from his mistress, but eventually breaks with her--His marriage with Mlle. de Longueville--Condé persuaded by his wife to demand the return of the presents he has given his mistress--Revenge of Isabelle--Her marriage--Renewal of the civil war--Battle of Saint-Denis--Peace of Longjumeau--Flight of Condé to La Rochelle--Third War of Religion breaks out--Battle of Jarnac--Death of Condé 70–91 CHAPTER VII