he was observed to be away so long, there was already a feeling of deep anxiety.  The chieftains had met together.  “If this young prince,” said the marshal of Burgundy, “has gone to his own ruin like a fool, let us not ruin his house.  Let every man retire to his quarters, and hold himself in readiness without disturbing himself about what may happen.  By keeping together we are in a condition to fall back on the marches of Hainault, Picardy, or Burgundy.”  The veteran warrior mounted his horse and rode forward in the direction of Paris to see whether Count Charles were coming back or not.  It was not long before he saw a troop of forty or fifty horse moving towards him.  They were the Burgundian prince and an escort of the king’s own guard.  Charles dismissed the escort, and came up to the marshal, saying, “Don’t say a word; I acknowledge my folly; but I saw it too late; I was already close to the works.”  “Everybody can see that I was not there,” said the marshal; “if I had been, it would never have happened.  You know, your highness, that I am only on loan to you, as long as your father lives.”  Charles made no reply, and returned to his own camp, where all congratulated him and rendered homage to the king’s honorable conduct.

Negotiations for peace were opened forthwith.  There was no difficulty about them.  Louis was ready to make sacrifices as soon as be recognized the necessity for them, being quite determined, however, in his heart to recall them as soon as fortune came back to him.  Two distinct treaties were concluded:  one at Conflans on the 5th of October, 1465, between Louis and the Count of Charolais; and the other at St. Maur on the 29th of October, between Louis and the other princes of the League.  By one or the other of the treaties the king granted nearly every demand that had been made upon him; to the Count of Charolais he gave up all the towns of importance in Picardy; to the Duke of Berry he gave the duchy of Normandy, with entire sovereignty; and the other princes, independently of the different territories that had been conceded to them, all received large sums in ready money.  The conditions of peace had already been agreed to, when the Burgundians went so far as to summon, into the bargain, the strong place of Beauvais.  Louis quietly complained to Charles:  “If you wanted this town,” said he, “you should have asked me for it, and I would have given it to you; but peace is made, and it ought to be observed.”  Charles openly disavowed the deed.  When peace was proclaimed, on the 30th of October, the king went to Vincennes to receive the homage of his brother Charles for the duchy of Normandy, and that of the Count of Charolais for the lands of Picardy.  The count asked the king to give up to him “for that day the castle of Vincennes for the security of all.”  Louis made no objection; and the gate and apartments of the castle were guarded by the count’s own people.  But the Parisians, whose favor Louis had won, were alarmed on his account.