It happened before the Fronde.

Since then he has remained in seclusion, fortifying himself against old age.

His hotel is in the Rue des Augustines, near the former residence of Henri II.
"The marquis's son you have seen--drunk most of the time.

Happy his mother, who died at his birth.

'Tis a pity, too, for the boy has a good heart and wrongs no one but himself.