B.—'Did that voice solicit you often?'
J.—'It said to me two or three times a week, "Leave your village and go to France."'
B.—'Did your father know of your departure?'
J.—'He knew nothing about it. The voice said, "Go to France," so I could not remain at home any longer.'
B.—'What else did it say to you?'
J.—'It told me that I should raise the siege of Orleans.'
B.—'Was that all?'
J.—'The same voice told me to go to Vaucouleurs, to Robert de Baudricourt, captain of that place, and that he would give me soldiers to accompany me on my journey; and I answered it, that I was a poor girl who did not know how to ride, neither how to fight.'
B.—'What did you do then?'
J.—'I went to my uncle, and told him that I wished to remain with him for some time, and I lived with him eight days. I then told him that I must go to Vaucouleurs, and he took me there. When I arrived there I recognised Robert de Baudricourt, although it was the first time that I saw him.'