At his accession he made some popular moves; he appeared disposed to prosecute vigorously the war against England, which was going on sluggishly; he testified a certain spirit of conciliation by going to pay a visit to his cousin, the Duke of Orleans, lying ill at his castle of Beaute, near Vincennes; when the Duke of Orleans was well again, the two princes took the communion together, and dined together at their uncle's, the Duke of Berry's; and the Duke of Orleans invited the new Duke of Burgundy to dine with him the next Sunday.

The Parisians took pleasure in observing these little matters, and in hoping for the re-establishment of harmony in the royal family.

They were soon to be cruelly undeceived.
On the 23d of November, 1407, the Duke of Orleans had dined at Queen Isabel's.

He was returning about eight in the evening along Vieille Rue du Temple, singing and playing with his glove, and attended by only two squires riding one horse, and by four or five varlets on foot, carrying torches.

It was a gloomy night; not a soul in the streets.