“Somebody who is thinking a lot,” said Ethel Brown.
“She is seeing things in her mind,” said Ethel Blue.
“Who is the most famous girl in history, who did that?” asked Miss Graham.
“Jeanne d’Arc,” said Helen. “She saw visions that inspired her to be a leader of men in the army and she brought about the coronation of her king when he was kept from his throne by the English who held Paris and a large part of France.”
“She is seeing visions now,” whispered Ethel Blue, clinging to Miss Graham’s arm.
Miss Graham gently smoothed the fingers that were tensely closed over the sleeve of her jacket.
“Why do you suppose Helen told us about Jeanne d’Arc just now?” she asked.
“Because Helen just naturally knows all the history there is to be known,” said Roger, joking his sister in brotherly fashion.
Helen flushed and murmured something that sounded like, “I thought you’d like to know why she looked like that.”
“There is something more than just her character and her disposition in that picture,” said Margaret.