iv.] [Illustration: The Tomb of Richelieu----308] The cardinal had been barely four months reposing in that chapel of the Sorbonne which he had himself repaired for the purpose, and already King Louis XIII.

was sinking into the tomb.

The minister had died at fifty-seven, the king was not yet forty-two; but his always languishing health seemed unable to bear the burden of affairs which had been but lately borne by Richelieu alone.

The king had permitted his brother to appear again at court.

"Monsieur supped with me," says Mdlle.