After that event the word "Huguenot" was abolished, or was only mentioned with terror.

Montluc's castle of Estellac, situated near the pretty village of Estanquet, near Roquefort--famous for its cheese--still exists; his cabinet is preserved, and his tomb and statue are to be seen in the adjoining garden.

The principal scenes of the following story are supposed to have occurred at Estanquet, a few miles to the south of Agen.
Franconnette, like The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille, is a story of rivalry in love; but, though more full of adventure, it ends more happily.

Franconnette was a village beauty.

Her brilliant eyes, her rosy complexion, her cherry lips, her lithe and handsome figure, brought all the young fellows of the neighbourhood to her feet.