"Since the Normans," said he, "have of themselves felt disposed for such a novelty, so be it! I should never of my own free will have conferred such an appanage on my brother; but, as the thing is done, I give my consent." And he at the same time assented to all the other conditions which had formed the subject of conversation.
In proportion to the resignation displayed by the king was the joy of the Count of Charolais at seeing himself so near to peace.

Everything was going wrong with his army; provisions were short; murmurs and dissensions were setting in; and the League of common weal was on the point of ending in a shameful catastrophe.

Whilst strolling and conversing with cordiality the two princes kept advancing towards Paris.

Without noticing it, they passed within the entrance of a strong palisade which the king had caused to be erected in front of the city-walls, and which marked the boundary-line.

All on a sudden they stopped, both of them disconcerted.