He had even besought the Royal Court of Jersey to grant a pardon to Buonespoir the pirate, on condition that he should never commit a depredation upon an inhabitant of the island--this he was to swear to by the little finger of St.Peter.
Should he break his word, he was to be banished the island for ten years, under penalty of death if he returned.

When the hour had come for Buonespoir to take the oath, he failed to appear; and the next morning the Seigneur of St.Ouen's discovered that during the night his cellar had been raided of two kegs of canary, many flagons of muscadella, pots of anchovies and boxes of candied "eringo," kept solely for the visit which the Queen had promised the island.

There was no doubt of the misdemeanant, for Buonespoir returned to De Carteret from St.Brieuc the gabardine of one of his retainers, in which he had carried off the stolen delicacies.
This aggravated the feud between the partisans of St.Ouen's and Rozel, for Lempriere of Rozel had laughed loudly when he heard of the robbery, and said "'Tis like St.Ouen's to hoard for a Queen and glut a pirate.
We feed as we get at Rozel, and will feed the Court well too when it comes, or I'm no butler to Elizabeth." But trouble was at hand for Michel and for his protector.

The spies of Catherine de Medici, mother of the King of France, were everywhere.
These had sent word that De la Foret was now attached to the meagre suite of the widow of the great Camisard Montgomery, near the Castle of Mont Orgueil.

The Medici, having treacherously slain the chief, became mad with desire to slay the lieutenant.