nne de Montfort, like all women who hate, was very
vindictive, and caused her illustrious prisoner to be ignominiously
dragged to Quimperle, Vannes, and Hennebont, whence he was transferred to
London, and confined in the Tower. It was nine years before he regained
his liberty. Meanwhile his heroic wife, Jeanne de Penthievre, became head
of his party, as Jeanne de Flandre was that of the De Montfort. The "War
of the two Jeannes" continued for nine years, during which they fought
with fierceness and courage, and ruled with ability. Curious,--the history
of France was illustrated in this century by five heroines of the name of
Jeanne: Jeanne d'Arc, Jeanne Hachette of Beauvais, and the Jeannes of
Penthievre, Flandre, and Clisson, who made themselves famous in Brittany.
On his release, Charles of Blois gave La Roche-Derrien to Du Guesclin.
The castle was demolished, but a calvary has been built on the site.

Not far from La Roche-Derrien is the church of Langoat, which contains the
monument of Ste. Pompee (1370), mother of St. Tugdual. On the granite tomb
reposes her marble effigy, and around it bas-reliefs in Gothic niches
represent the life of the saint. In all the churches in this district,
tressels are placed in the nave ready for funerals. The gravestones have
in each a little hollow well, to contain water for sprinkling over the
grave, or in some a small basin is set upon the gravestone, with a sprig
of box laid by the side, for the same pious purpose.

Every one must be struck by the excellence of the roads in Brittany, as
indeed throughout France; in no instance does the French administrative
talent more fully display itself. The roads are of three classes: the
"routes imperiales," under the care of the Government; "departementales,"
kept entirely at the expense of the department; and the "chemins
vicinaux," which belong to the communes or parishes, and which all the
inhabitants are called upon to support. To each lieue de poste (two and a
half miles), is appointed a "cantonnier" or road-keeper, who is
responsible for the condition of the length of road assigned to his care.

We stopped at Kermartin, a farmhouse near Treguier, to see the bed said to
have belonged to St. Ives, the favourite saint of the Bretons, and whose
name is borne by the majority of the inhabitants of the district of
Treguier and St. Brieuc. Charles of Blois held him in great veneration. He
gave part of a rib of St. Ives to the church at Lamball