“Now as to the sign given to the King—”
“I have already told you that I will tell you nothing about it.”
“Do you know what the sign was?”
“As to that, you will not find out from me.”
All this refers to Joan’s secret interview with the King—held apart, though two or three others were present. It was known—through Loyseleur, of course—that this sign was a crown and was a pledge of the verity of Joan’s mission. But that is all a mystery until this day—the nature of the crown, I mean—and will remain a mystery to the end of time. We can never know whether a real crown descended upon the King’s head, or only a symbol, the mystic fabric of a vision.
“Did you see a crown upon the King’s head when he received the revelation?”
“I cannot tell you as to that, without perjury.”
“Did the King have that crown at Rheims?”
“I think the King put upon his head a crown which he found there; but a much richer one was brought him afterward.”
“Have you seen that one?”