nt decree shall be engraved, the
same to be exposed in a conspicuous place in the said church of
Sainte-Ursule, there to remain in perpetuity; and before this sentence is
carried out, we order the said Grandier to be put to the question
ordinary and extraordinary, so that his accomplices may become known.

"Pronounced at Loudun against the said Grandier this 18th day of August
1634."

On the morning of the day on which this sentence was passed, M. de
Laubardemont ordered the surgeon Francois Fourneau to be arrested at his
own house and taken to Grandier's cell, although he was ready to go there
of his own free will. In passing through the adjoining room he heard the
voice of the accused saying:--

"What do you want with me, wretched executioner? Have you come to kill
me? You know how cruelly you have already tortured my body. Well I am
ready to die."

On entering the room, Fourneau saw that these words had been addressed to
the surgeon Mannouri.

One of the officers of the 'grand privot de l'hotel', to whom M. de
Laubardemont lent for the occasion the title of officer of the king's
guard, ordered the new arrival to shave Grandier, and not leave a single
hair on his whole body. This was a formality employed in cases of
witchcraft, so that the devil should have no place to hide in; for it was
the common belief that if a single hair were left, the devil could render
the accused insensible to the pains of torture. From this Urbain
understood that the verdict had gone against him and that he was
condemned to death.

Fourneau having saluted Grandier, proceeded to carry out his orders,
whereupon a judge said it was not sufficient to shave the body of the
prisoner, but that his nails must also be torn out, lest the devil should
hide beneath them. Grandier looked at the speaker with an expression of
unutterable pity, and held out his hands to Fourneau; but Forneau put
them gently aside, and said he would do nothing of the kind, even were
the order given by the cardinal-duke himself, and at the same time begged
Grandier's pardon for shaving him. At, these words Grandier, who had for
so long met with nothing but barbarous treatment from those with whom he
came in contact, turned towards the surgeon with tears in his eyes,
saying--

"So you are the only one who has any pity for me."

"Ah, sir," replied Fourneau, "you don't see everybody."

Grandier was then shaved, but only two marks found on him, one as we have
s