“They were willing that I should tell them, but I would not for anything have given my parents that pain.”
To the minds of the questioners this headstrong conduct savored of pride. That sort of pride would move one to see sacrilegious adorations.
“Did not your Voices call you Daughter of God?”
Joan answered with simplicity, and unsuspiciously:
“Yes; before the siege of Orleans and since, they have several times called me Daughter of God.”
Further indications of pride and vanity were sought.
“What horse were you riding when you were captured? Who gave it you?”
“The King.”
“You had other things—riches—of the King?”
“For myself I had horses and arms, and money to pay the service in my household.”