No one doubted that it had been the latter, when, three days later,
Henri II., in the prime of his strength and height of his spirits,
encountered young Des Lorges in the lists, received the splinter of
a lance in his eye, and died two days afterwards.
No sooner were his obsequies over than the Baron de Ribaumont set
off with his wife and the little bridal pair for his castle of
Leurre, in Normandy, nor was he ever seen at court again.