[26]Tradition says that Clovis and all his successors for nine centuries were anointed with this oil.
[27]Joan’s enemies subsequently reproached her for this, saying it was pride that moved her to take her banner to the ceremony. She only replied that it had shared the pain; it was right it should share the honor.
[28]Compiègne, a town in the department of Oise, forty-five miles northeast of Paris, and famous as a royal residence. Its palace was rebuilt by Louis XV., and fitted up sumptuously by Napoleon I.
LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Translated from the German
by George P. Upton
Beethoven Mozart Maid of Orleans William Tell
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