Stung to the quick he demanded permission to retire, and was allowed to do so.

Accordingly, at the commencement of 1637, he left for Blaye; and remained there until the death of Cardinal Richelieu.

During this retirement the King frequently wrote to him, in a language they had composed so as to speak before people without being understood; and I possess still many of these letters, with much regret that I am ignorant of their contents.
Chavigny served my father another ill turn.

At the Cardinal's death my father had returned to the Court and was in greater favour than ever.
Just before Louis XIII.

died he gave my father the place of first master of the horse, but left his name blank in the paper fixing the appointment.