B.—'When at Chinon, could you see as often as you wished him you call your King?'
J.—'I used to go whenever I wished to see my King. When I arrived at the village of Sainte Catherine de Fierbois, I sent a messenger to Chinon to the King. We arrived about mid-day at Chinon, and lodged at an inn. After dinner I went to see the King at the castle.'
Either here Joan of Arc, or the reporter, which is more likely, makes a slip, as she did not see Charles till two days after her arrival at Chinon.
B.—'Who pointed out the King to you?'
J.—'When I entered the chamber I recognised the King from among all the others, my voices having revealed him to me. I told the King that I wished to go and make war on the English.'
B.—'When your voices revealed your King to you, were they accompanied by any light?'
Joan made no answer.
B.—'Did you see any angel above the figure of the King?'
'Spare me such questions,' pleaded Joan; but the Inquisitor was not to be so easily put off, and repeated the question again and again, until Joan said that the King had also seen visions and heard revelations.
'What were these revelations?' asked the priest.