why. He found fault with his wife for being in the boat. He
considered that she had welcomed the Princes too readily; and
what displeased him most was that he had noticed the attention
paid to her by the Duc de Guise. This had provoked in him a
furious bout of jealousy in which he recalled the anger displayed
by the Duc at the prospect of his marriage, which caused him to
suspect that even at that time the Duc was in love with his wife.
The Comte de Chabannes as usual made every effort to act as
peacemaker, hoping in this way to show the Princess that his
devotion to her was sincere and disinterested. He could not
resist asking her what effect the sight of the Duc de Guise had
produced. She replied that she had been somewhat upset and
embarrassed at the memory of the feelings she had once displayed
to him; she found him more handsome than he had been then and it
had seemed to her that he wished to persuade her that he still
loved her, but she assured the Comte that nothing would shake her
determination not to become involved in any intrigue. The Comte
was happy to hear of this resolve, but he was far from being sure
about the Duc de Guise. He earnestly warned the Princess of the
danger of a return to the previous situation should she have any
change of heart, though when he spoke of his devotion she adopted
her invariable attitude of looking on him as her closest friend
but in no way a possible suitor.

The armies were once more called up; all the Princes returned to
their posts and the Prince de Montpensier decided that his wife
should come with him to Paris so as to be further from the area
where it was expected that fighting would take place. The
Huguenots besieged Poitiers. The Duc de Guise went there to
organise the defence and, while there, enhanced his reputation by