Days near Paris . cross in memory of the Due de Bourbon. The Duke de Bourbon was hanging from the fastening of thenorth window, by two handkerchiefs passed one through theother ; the first forming a flat elongated ring, the second, an oval,the lower part of which supported the lower jaw, and ended be-hind the head on the top. The handkerchief, intended to choke,had not a running noose, it did not press the artery, left the napevisible, and was so loose that between the folds and the headsome of the spectators could easily insert their fingers. . 190 DA YS NEAR PARIS This arrangement and the ap
Days near Paris . cross in memory of the Due de Bourbon. The Duke de Bourbon was hanging from the fastening of thenorth window, by two handkerchiefs passed one through theother ; the first forming a flat elongated ring, the second, an oval,the lower part of which supported the lower jaw, and ended be-hind the head on the top. The handkerchief, intended to choke,had not a running noose, it did not press the artery, left the napevisible, and was so loose that between the folds and the headsome of the spectators could easily insert their fingers. . 190 DA YS NEAR PARIS This arrangement and the appearance of the body, strongly re-futed the hypothesis of suicide. They struck with surprise mostof the witnesses.—Louis Blanc, Hist, de dix a7isj Taveniy, 2 k. from St. Leu, has a church, partly XIII. Hne runs through cherry orchards to— 24 k. Mery. The church contains several spoils of theAbbaye du Val—a XV. c. pulpit, an XVIII. c. lectern,four stalls, and some tombs, especially those of Charles. ABBAYE DU VAL. Villiers of ITsle-Adam, Bishop of Beauvais, and of Charlesde Montmorency and his third wife, Peronnelle du sanctuary is XIII. c, except the vaulting. Behind isa chateau built by Pierre dOrgemont, Chancellor ofFrance, at the end of the XIV. c. 28/^. Meriel, whence it is 2 k. to the Abbaye du to the left from the station, under the railway; thentake the first turning to the left, where a tramway crossesthe road. On reaching a cross in the cornfields, turn tothe right, and, in the next wooded hollow, find the gate ofthe enclosure of the Abbaye du Val, which was founded ABBAYE DU VAL i^l 1125, and was a favorite resort of the kings of France. In1646 it was united with the Monastery of the Feuillants atParis. Sold at the Revolution, it has since been partiallydemolished for the sake of its materials. Still, there arehuge remains. The existing buildings include the eastcorridor of the cloister, with several vaulted halls, of whichthe pillars
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