Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 by Mark Twain
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beautiful creature!" He inspected her critically a moment or two, then
said: "Well, what is your errand, my child?" "My message is to you, Robert de Baudricourt, governor of Vaucouleurs, and it is this: that you will send and tell the Dauphin to wait and not give battle to his enemies, for God will presently send him help." This strange speech amazed the company, and many murmured, "The poor young thing is demented." The governor scowled, and said: "What nonsense is this? The King--or the Dauphin, as you call him--needs no message of that sort. He will wait, give yourself no uneasiness as to that. What further do you desire to say to me?" "This. To beg that you will give me an escort of men-at-arms and send me to the Dauphin." "What for?" "That he may make me his general, for it is appointed that I shall drive the English out of France, and set the crown upon his head." "What--you? Why, you are but a child!" "Yet am I appointed to do it, nevertheless." "Indeed! And when will all this happen?" |
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