Joan Darc—"No, not exactly; they only announced to me that I was soon to be betrayed and delivered. I said so to the good people of Compiegne on the day of the sally."
A Judge—"If your voices had ordered you to deliver battle before Compiegne while warning you that you would be taken prisoner on that day, would you still have obeyed them?"
Joan Darc—"I would have obeyed with regrets; but I would have obeyed, whatever was to happen."
A Judge—"Did you cross the bridge in order to make the sally from Compiegne?"
Joan Darc (more and more cruelly affected by these remembrances)—"Does that belong to the process?"
Bishop Cauchon—"Answer."
Joan Darc (rapidly in short sentences)—"I crossed the bridge. I attacked with my company the Burgundians of the Sire of Luxembourg. I threw them back twice as far as their own trenches, the third time only half way. The English then came up. They cut off my retreat. Several of my soldiers wished to force me back into Compiegne. But the bridge had been raised. We were betrayed. I was captured." (She shudders.)
Bishop Cauchon—"Joan, your interrogatory is closed for to-day. Pray to the Lord that He may enlighten your soul and guide you to the path of eternal salvation. May God help you, and come to your assistance." (He makes the sign of the cross.)
All the Other Priests (rising)—"Amen."
Bishop Cauchon—"Conduct Joan the Maid back to her prison."