B.—'How could you see the light when you say it was at the side?'
To this question Joan gave no direct answer, but she said that when she was in a wood she would hear the voices coming towards her.
'What,' next asked Beaupère, 'what did you think this voice which manifested itself to you sounded like?'
J.—'It seemed to me a very noble voice, and I think it was sent to me by God. When I heard it for the third time I recognised it as being the voice of an angel.'
B.—'Could you understand it?'
J.—'It was always quite clear, and I could easily understand it.'
B.—'What advice did it give you regarding the salvation of your soul?'
J.—'It told me to conduct myself well, and to attend the services of the Church regularly; and it told me that it was necessary that I should go to France.'
B.—'In what manner of form did the voice appear?'
J.—'As to that I will give you no answer.'