Joan Darc (thrilling with hope)—"Oh, with all my heart!"
The Same Judge—"You can not hear it in those clothes that are not of your sex."
Joan Darc (reflects a moment; she recalls the obscene language of her jailers and fears to be outraged by them; in man's clothes she feels greater protection than in the habits of her sex; she answers)—"Do you promise me that if I resume my woman's clothes I shall be allowed to attend mass?"
The Same Judge—"Yes, Joan, I promise you that."
The Bishop makes a gesture of impatience and withers the judge who had last spoken with a look of condemnation.
Joan Darc—"Let me, then, be provided with a long dress; I shall put it on to go to chapel. But when I return to my prison I shall resume my man's clothes."
The judge consults the Bishop with his eye to ascertain whether the request of the accused shall be granted; the prelate answers with a negative sign of his head, and turns to Joan.
Bishop Cauchon—"So, then, you persist in keeping your masculine dress?"
Joan Darc—"I am guarded by men; such dress is safer."
The Inquisitor of the Faith—"Do you now wear and have you worn masculine garb voluntarily, absolutely of your own free will?"