As soon as the galleys landed at St.-Pol-de-Léon, advance word was sent to Paris that Mary was on her way. Henry II had already given orders that all the towns and villages near his palace at St.-Germain be carefully checked to make sure that none of the stonemasons had been in contact with plague during the extensive rebuilding projects. Mary was to be welcomed by her grandparents Claude Duke of Guise and Antoinette of Bourbon, to whom an outrider was sent. Another messenger set out on the long journey across the Alps to Turin, where Henry II was visiting his northern Italian garrisons, to
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