CHAPTER X.

The Romances of the Castle of Orthez--Tour de Moncade--The Infants--The Son of Gaston Phoebus--Legends--The Oath--The bad King of Navarre--The Quarrel--The Murder--Death of Gaston Phoebus--Paradise the Reward of Hunters--The Captive--The Step-Mother--The Young Countess--The Great Bear--The Return--The Real Cause--The Meeting in the Forest--The Mass