most jealous lady that ever lived. But
notwithstanding" [quoth he] "that myself never were supicious, yet
if I had been in my son's place at the same time that this bastard
of Rubempre haunted those coasts I would surely have caused him to
be apprehended as my son did."

In conclusion, Philip promised to deliver up Rubempre to the king were
his innocence satisfactorily proven.

Morvilliers then resumed his discourse, enlarging upon the treacherous
designs of Francis, Duke of Brittany, with whom Charles had lately
sworn brotherhood at the very moment when he was the honoured guest
of King Louis at Tours. During this discussion the Count of Charolais
became very restive. Finally he could no longer endure Morvilliers's
indirect slurs, and

"made offer eftsoon to answer, being marvellously out of patience
to hear such reproachful speeches used of his friend and
confederate. But Morvilliers cut him off, saying: 'My Lord of
Charolais, I am not come of ambassage to you, but to my Lord your
father.' The said earl besought his father divers times to give
him leave to answer, who in the end said unto him: 'I have
answered for thee as methinketh the father should answer for the
son, notwithstanding if thou have so great desire to speak bethink
thyself to-day and to-morrow speak and spare not.'"

Then Morvilliers to his former speech added that he could not imagine
what had moved the earl to enter into the league with the Duke of
Brittany unless it were because of a pension the king had once given
him together with the government of Normandy and afterwards taken from
him.

In regard to Rubempre, Commines adds to his story Charles's own
statement given on the morrow:

"Notwithstanding, I think nothing was ever proved against him, though
I confess the presumption to have been great. Five years after I
myself saw him delivered out of prison." This from Commines. La Marche
is less detailed in his record[6] of the Rubempre incident:

"The bastard was put in prison and the Count of Charolais sent me
to Hesdin to the duke to inform him of the arrest and its cause.
The good duke heard my report kindly like a wise prince. In truth
he at once suspected that the craft of the King of France lurked
at the bottom of the affair. Shortly afterwards the duke left
Hesdin and returned to his own land, which did not please the King
of France who despatched thither