Thrice she had heard the voice in the morning, and once at the hour of Vespers, and again when the Ave Maria was being sung.
'What were you doing,' asked Beaupère, 'when the voices called you?'
'I was sleeping,' answered Joan, 'and the voice awoke me.'
'Did it awake you by touching your arm?'
'The voice awoke me without its touching me.'
'Was it in your room?'
'Not that I know, but it was in the castle.'
'Did you acknowledge it by kneeling?'
'I acknowledged its presence by sitting up and clasping my hands. I had begged for its help.'
'And what did it say to you?'