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The adjourned Trial-The Marshal Confesses-The Case handed over to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal-Prompt steps taken by the Bishop-The Sentence-Ratified by the Secular Court-The Execution.
On the 24th October the trial of the Maréchal de Retz was resumed. The prisoner entered in a Carmelite habit, knelt and prayed in silence before the examination began. Then he ran his eye over the court, and the sight of the rack, windlass, and cords made a slight shudder run through him.