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 472 THE TRIAL OF JEANNE DARC. cease arguing about my carrying succor to the good peo- ple of Orleans. The angel came, also, for the merit of the king and of the good Due d'Orleans." " Why to you rather than another ? " " It pleased God to act thus by means of a simple maid in order to repel the enemies of the king." " Has he told you whence the angel brought that crown ? " " It was brought from God, and there is no goldsmith in the world who could make it so rich or so beautiful." " Where did he get it ? " " I attribute it to God, and know not otherwise whence it was taken." " Did a good smell come from the crown ? Did it shine?" " I do not remember ; I will inform myself." Resum- ing after a pause : " Yes, it smelled well, and will always, provided it is well taken care of, as it should be. It was in the style of a crown." " Did the angel write you a letter ? " " No." " What sign had your king, the people who were with him, and yourself, to make you think it was an angel ? " " The king believed it through the instruction of the churchmen who were there, and by the sign of the crown." " But how did the clergy themselves know that it was an angel ? " " By their learning, and because they were clergymen." The session closed soon after, and she was conducted once more to her apartment. The learned doctors questioned her closely, and even skillfully, during these nine secret sessions, and she often answered them with vivacity and force. They asked her one day why she had thrown herself from the tower. She told them that she