“I did not tell you you were sentenced to banishment,” said he gravely.
“But to what, then?”
“I will tell you, madame, when you are on your knees.”
“Never!”
“Madame, I only follow my instructions.”
“Never! I tell you.”
“Madame, it is the order that when the condemned refuse to kneel, they should be forced to do it.”
“Force—to a woman!”
“There is no distinction in the eyes of justice.”
“Ah!” cried Jeanne, “this is the queen’s doings; I recognize the hands of an enemy.”