Days near Paris . to have kept Agnes Sorel in a tower, which he could onlyreach by a ladder. In recent times the chateau has beeninhabited by the Princesse dEckmiihl, widow of Mare-chal Davoust. It now belongs to the Marquis dAlta-Villa. 2^k. Epinay-sur-Orge.—To the left of the railway v/enow pass the Forest of St. Genevieve, or Sequigny. HereLouis XIV. was hunting with his Court, when the windblew away the hat of one of the ladies in waiting of Ma-dame, and attracted his attention to Marie de Fontange— FORET DE SEQUIGNY 289 belle Gomme un ange, mais sotte comme un paiiier,who soon shared the
Days near Paris . to have kept Agnes Sorel in a tower, which he could onlyreach by a ladder. In recent times the chateau has beeninhabited by the Princesse dEckmiihl, widow of Mare-chal Davoust. It now belongs to the Marquis dAlta-Villa. 2^k. Epinay-sur-Orge.—To the left of the railway v/enow pass the Forest of St. Genevieve, or Sequigny. HereLouis XIV. was hunting with his Court, when the windblew away the hat of one of the ladies in waiting of Ma-dame, and attracted his attention to Marie de Fontange— FORET DE SEQUIGNY 289 belle Gomme un ange, mais sotte comme un paiiier,who soon shared the title of mistress with Mme de Mon-tespan. Mile de Fontange pleased the king enough to be his mistressen titre. Strange as this double arrangement was, it was not had seen Mile de la Valliere and Mme de Montespan, whomthe former only paid in the coin she had paid to another. ButMile de Fontange was not so fortunate either in vice, or fortune,or repentance. Her beauty sustained her for a time, but her in-. CHATEAU OF SAVIGNY-SUR-ORGE. tellect was good for nothing. Intelligence was required to amuseand hold the king. If she had had that he would not have had theleisure to be utterly disgusted with her. A quick death, whichcaused no surprise, put an end speedily to this new love.—6/.Simon. The Chateau St. Genevieve, inhabited by Louis Louis XIV., was pulled down by Berthier de Savigny,Intendant de Paris, but he only began to build a new one. To the right of the railway on the other side of the 2go ^^ ^-S NEAR PARIS Orge is Longport^ where a very curious church is the oulyremnant of an abbey founded by Guy de Montlhdry and hiswife Hodierne, in 1061, on the site of a pilgrimage chapelwhere an image of the Virgin had been found in a hollowoak. The abbey perished in the Revolution. The churchportal, with its mutilated statues, is of great beauty. 2<^k. St. Michel,—Half an hours walk beyond the brookof the Orge (right) is Montlhery (diligence, 30 c), whichposs
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