And they bid me tell you that enough hath been done, and they are right well content.

But we are few against so great a host, in a place so strong that men may not avail to master it by main force.

The city is now well seen in all manner of victual; moreover, we can now come and go by Sologne and the left bank.

The skill is therefore to hold the city till the English wax weary and depart, or till we have succour anew from the King.

Therefore to-morrow the men-at-arms shall take rest, having great need thereof; and therefore, gentle Maid, pardon me that I drank not to the pledge which a lady called." Then he drained the flagon.
The Maid, holding the girl Charlotte yet closer to her, smote her right hand on the table, so that it dirled, and the cups and dishes leaped.
"You have been with your counsel," she cried, "and I have been with mine! The counsel of Messire will stand fast and prevail, and yours shall perish, for it is of men.