I have guardians watching over me that you wot not of." And so she stood unmoved at the foot of the tower, till the English, overcome with amaze, gave up the defence, and fled from a place they believed must surely be bewitched.
And as the last of the sunlight faded from the sky, the fortress of St.Loup was ours.

The Maid had fought her first battle, and had triumphed..