from M. Licquet that the spire of this central tower was
demolished in 1573, by the Abbe le Veneur, Bishop of Evreux. What
earthly motive could have led to such a brutal act of demolition?]

[81] ["I know perfectly well, says M. Licquet, the little Inn of which the
author here speaks. I can assure him that it never formed any portion
of the "chapter house." It was nevertheless une _dependance
exterieure_ (I will not attempt a version of this phrase) of the
abbey. Dare I venture to say it was the _cowhouse_? (etable aux
vaches). Thank you, good Mons. Licquet; but what is a cow-house but
"an _outer building_ attached to the Abbey?" Vide supra.]

[82] [The heart and entrails only of this once celebrated woman were,
according to M. Licquet, buried in the above spot. The body was
carried to Loches: and BELLEFOREST _(Cosmog._ vol. i. Part ii.
col. 31-32. edit. 1575, folio) gives a description of the mausoleum
where it was there entombed: a description, adds M. Licquet, which may
well serve for the mausoleum that was at Jumieges.]

[83] [Not the smallest portion or particle of a sigh escapes us, on being
told, as my translator has told us, that the "soil" in question has
become the property of another Owner. "Laius EST MORT"--are the
emphatic words of M. Licquet.]

[84] [One of the bells of the Abbey of Jumieges is now in the Tower of that
of St. Ouen, at Rouen. LICQUET.]

LETTER X.

CAUDEBEC. LILLEBONNE. BOLBEC. TANKARVILLE. MONTMORENCI CASTLE. HAVRE DE
GRACE.

My last concluded with our entrance into Caudebec. The present opens with a
morning scene at the same place. For a miracle I was stirring before nine.
The church was the first object of attraction. For the size of the place,
it is really a noble structure: perhaps of the early part of the sixteenth,
or latter part of the fifteenth century.[85] I speak of the exterior
generally, and of a great portion of the interior. A little shabby
green-baise covered door (as usual) was half open, and I entered with no
ordinary expectations of gratification. The painted glass seemed absolutely
to warm the place--so rich and varied were its colours. There is a great
abundance of it, and especially of figures of family-groups
kneeling--rather small, but with great appearance of portrait-like
fidelity. They are chiefly of the first half of the sixteenth century: and
I own that, upon gazing at these charmin