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THE GRAND CONDE
her constant companion, and wrote to Richelieu that
Her Serene Highness did everything in the convent
which His Eminence desired her to do. In very
truth she soon became a great favourite at Saint-
Denis, where she did a great deal of good among
the sick and poor.
Meanwhile the Due d’Enghien, to annoy the
Cardinal, led a very gay life in Burgundy, in ob-
stinate defiance of the remonstrances of his father.
Finally, he was compelled by Richelieu’s orders to
leave Burgundy and join the Minister at Narbonne.
There is no doubt that the Due d’Enghien, inordi-
nately proud by nature, was suffering keenly under
the tyranny of the haughty Cardinal, who, although
wishing his nephew-in-law well, derived a certain
amount of satisfaction from the spectacle of this
proud-spirited young Duke submissive to his yoke.
The following incident is an illustration of this. It
was a long-accepted fact that Cardinal Richelieu, as
Prime Minister to his Majesty the King, should
claim precedence over the Princes of the Blood Royal.
But that Mazarin, just created Cardinal, should on
his return from Italy also have this privilege
was—the young Due d’Enghien thought—most im-
proper. Richelieu, on hearing of this, took up the
cause of Mazarin, and even asked d’Enghien to visit
his brother, the Cardinal of Lyons. D’Enghien,
fearing that this Cardinal would also claim prece-
dence over him at Lyons, merely sent one of his
attendants to salute him. Richelieu was furious at
this, would accept no excuse, and desired the Duke
THE GRAND CONDE
her constant companion, and wrote to Richelieu that
Her Serene Highness did everything in the convent
which His Eminence desired her to do. In very
truth she soon became a great favourite at Saint-
Denis, where she did a great deal of good among
the sick and poor.
Meanwhile the Due d’Enghien, to annoy the
Cardinal, led a very gay life in Burgundy, in ob-
stinate defiance of the remonstrances of his father.
Finally, he was compelled by Richelieu’s orders to
leave Burgundy and join the Minister at Narbonne.
There is no doubt that the Due d’Enghien, inordi-
nately proud by nature, was suffering keenly under
the tyranny of the haughty Cardinal, who, although
wishing his nephew-in-law well, derived a certain
amount of satisfaction from the spectacle of this
proud-spirited young Duke submissive to his yoke.
The following incident is an illustration of this. It
was a long-accepted fact that Cardinal Richelieu, as
Prime Minister to his Majesty the King, should
claim precedence over the Princes of the Blood Royal.
But that Mazarin, just created Cardinal, should on
his return from Italy also have this privilege
was—the young Due d’Enghien thought—most im-
proper. Richelieu, on hearing of this, took up the
cause of Mazarin, and even asked d’Enghien to visit
his brother, the Cardinal of Lyons. D’Enghien,
fearing that this Cardinal would also claim prece-
dence over him at Lyons, merely sent one of his
attendants to salute him. Richelieu was furious at
this, would accept no excuse, and desired the Duke