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CONDE RETIRES TO CHANTILLY
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general: foresight in his preparations and a
supreme ability to vary his tactics according to
circumstances ; great boldness and sudden inspira-
tion during action ; prompt decision and a far-
reaching political outlook to confirm the victory
and reap its fruits. It is rare indeed to discover
all these qualities united in one man, and to find
Conde’s equals we must look to men like Frederick
the Great, Napoleon, and Wellington.
After the battle of Nordlingen, Conde fell ill of
a fever, which compelled him at length to return
to Chantilly. His mother, the Princesse Charlotte
his wife
the Due
welcomed
chambre ”
de Conde, his sister Genevieve, and
Claire-Clemence, with her little son
d’Albret, whom he had not yet seen,
him home. The historical "petite
which he had always occupied was made ready
for him, and “ eau de Forges ” to fortify his im-
paired strength. There he was invited to repose
after the excessive fatigues of camp-life.
The attraction Conde had felt for Marthe de
Vigeau when forced to marry the Cardinal’s niece
had by this time passed away; and his plans
for divorce in order to marry the woman he had
so passionately adored had been definitely aban-
doned since the birth of his son Henri Jules.
But he could not bring himself to show any
affection to Claire-Clemence, who, during the long
absence of her husband, had retired into the Con-
vent of the Carmelites. It was a marriage into
which he had been forced—a fact that he could
4i
general: foresight in his preparations and a
supreme ability to vary his tactics according to
circumstances ; great boldness and sudden inspira-
tion during action ; prompt decision and a far-
reaching political outlook to confirm the victory
and reap its fruits. It is rare indeed to discover
all these qualities united in one man, and to find
Conde’s equals we must look to men like Frederick
the Great, Napoleon, and Wellington.
After the battle of Nordlingen, Conde fell ill of
a fever, which compelled him at length to return
to Chantilly. His mother, the Princesse Charlotte
his wife
the Due
welcomed
chambre ”
de Conde, his sister Genevieve, and
Claire-Clemence, with her little son
d’Albret, whom he had not yet seen,
him home. The historical "petite
which he had always occupied was made ready
for him, and “ eau de Forges ” to fortify his im-
paired strength. There he was invited to repose
after the excessive fatigues of camp-life.
The attraction Conde had felt for Marthe de
Vigeau when forced to marry the Cardinal’s niece
had by this time passed away; and his plans
for divorce in order to marry the woman he had
so passionately adored had been definitely aban-
doned since the birth of his son Henri Jules.
But he could not bring himself to show any
affection to Claire-Clemence, who, during the long
absence of her husband, had retired into the Con-
vent of the Carmelites. It was a marriage into
which he had been forced—a fact that he could