Termination of Condé’s military career--His retirement at Chantilly--His improvements of the château and estate--His son, the Duc d’Enghien (_Monsieur le Duc_)--Portrait of this prince by Saint-Simon--His tyrannical treatment of his wife--His singular habits--Malicious practical joke which he perpetrates on the Duc de Luxembourg--His amours with the Duchesse de Nevers, the Marquise de Richelieu, and the Comtesse de Marans--His natural daughter by Madame de Marans legitimated and married to the Marquis de Lassay--His lack of military capacity--His children--The education of his only son, the Duc de Bourbon, superintended by Condé--Marriage of the young prince to Mlle. de Nantes, elder daughter of Louis XIV. and Madame de Montespan--The wedding-night--Conversion of Condé--His last illness--His death--His funeral oration by Bossuet--The Princesse de Condé remains in captivity--Her death 251–268 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 269–280 CHAPTER XX