Joan Darc—"Had I spoken about my apparitions my father and mother would have opposed my undertaking."
Another Judge—"Do you think you committed a sin in leaving your father and your mother, contrary to the precept of the Scriptures—'Thou shalt honor thy father and mother'?"
Joan Darc—"I never disobeyed them before I left them. But I wrote to them; they pardoned me."
The Same Judge—"Accordingly, you think you can violate without sin the commandments of the church?"
Joan Darc—"God commanded me to go to the aid of Orleans. I would not have been the King's servant had I not departed."
Bishop Cauchon (with a significant look at the judges)—"You claim, Joan, to have had revelations, visions—at what age did that happen to you?"
Joan Darc—"I was then thirteen and a half years old. It was noon, in summer. I had fasted the previous day. I heard the voice, that seemed to proceed from the church. At the same time I saw a great light that dazzled me."
Bishop Cauchon (slowly and weighing every word)—"You say you heard voices—are you quite certain?"
Joan Darc (to herself: Here is the snare that the good priest warned me against—I shall escape it by telling the truth)—"I heard the voices as clearly as I hear yours, Sir Bishop."
Bishop Cauchon—"Do you affirm that?"