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Beaupere cautiously edged along up with other questions toward the forbidden ground, and finally repeated a question which she had refused to answer a little while back as to whether she had received the Eucharist in those days at other festivals than that of Easter. Joan merely said: "Passez outre." Or, as one might say, "Pass on to matters which you are privileged to pry into."
He had seen service in Tonquin, in Algeria, on the French Congo and in the Argonne, and now his old company garrisoned Haudiomont, one of those forts of enormous strength, which commanded the gate of France, and had never been taken by the Crown Prince's army. "No," he was laughing, speaking in good English, "you in England, my dear beaupère, do not yet realise the dangers of the future.
On being asked whether she believed the Almighty would be displeased at her telling the whole truth, she said that she had been ordered by the voices to reveal certain things to the King, and not to her judges; that her voices had told her that very night many things for the good of the King which he alone was to know. But, asked Beaupère, could she not prevail on the voices to visit the King?
On being asked by Beaupère if she was sure of being in a state of grace a question to which he had carefully led up, and whereby Cauchon hoped to entrap her into a statement which might be used in the accusation of heresy he was now framing against Joan of Arc her answer even disarmed the Bishop. 'If I am not, may God place me in it; if I am already, may He keep me in it.
I heard a member of the court say to a neighbor: "As a rule, witnesses are but dull creatures, and an easy prey yes, and easily embarrassed, easily frightened but truly one can neither scare this child nor find her dozing." Presently the house pricked up its ears and began to listen eagerly, for Beaupere began to touch upon Joan's Voices, a matter of consuming interest and curiosity to everybody.
Presently the preacher formally summoned Joan to submit to the Church. He made the demand with confidence, for he had gotten the idea from Loyseleur and Beaupere that she was worn to the bone, exhausted, and would not be able to put forth any more resistance; and, indeed, to look at her it seemed that they must be right.
Beaupère now began questioning Joan of Arc regarding 'her voices, and one can imagine how eagerly this portion of the prisoner's examination must have been listened to by all present. 'When did you first hear the voices? asked Beaupère. 'I was thirteen, answered Joan, 'when I first heard a voice coming from God to help me to live well. That first time I was much alarmed.
'Did the voice always encourage you to follow the army? 'The voice told me to remain at Saint Denis. I wished to remain, but against my will the knights obliged me to leave. I would have remained had I had my free-will. 'When were you wounded? asked Beaupère. 'I was wounded, Joan answered, 'in the moat before Paris, having gone there from Saint Denis. At the end of five days I recovered.
I think, she added, 'that I also said I should know him amongst all those who might be present. 'Did you then wear a sword? asked Beaupère. 'I had one that I had taken at Vaucouleurs. 'Had you not another one as well? 'Yes; I had sent to the church of Fierbois, either from Troyes or Chinon, for a sword from the back of the altar of Sainte Catherine. It was found, much rusted.
'Spare me such questions, pleaded Joan; but the Inquisitor was not to be so easily put off, and repeated the question again and again, until Joan said that the King had also seen visions and heard revelations. 'What were these revelations? asked the priest. This Joan refused to answer, and told Beaupère that he might, if he liked, send to Charles and ask him.
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