In this last connection, the name could suggest the derogatory inference of superstitious worship; popular fancy held that "Huguon", the gate of King Hugo, was haunted by the ghost of "le roi Huguet" (regarded by Roman Catholics as an infamous scoundrel) and other spirits. Instead of being in Purgatory after death, according to Catholic doctrine, they came back to harm the living at night. The "prétendus réformés" ("these supposedly 'reformed'") were said to gather at night at Tours, both for political purposes, and for prayer and singing psalms. Reguier de la Plancha (d. 1560) in his "De l'Estat de France" offered the following account as to the origin of the name, as cited by "The Cape Monthly":