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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER XII
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The barges that the people of Orleans were to send for the victuals were not yet unmoored.[932] They were sailing vessels, and, as the wind was blowing from the east, they could not set out.

No one knew how long they would be delayed, and time was precious.

Jeanne said confidently to those who were growing anxious: "Wait a little, for in God's name everything shall enter the town."[933] [Footnote 932: _Ibid._, p.78._Journal du siege_, pp.

74, 75.
_Chronique de la fete_, in _Trial_, vol.v, p.

290.] [Footnote 933: _Trial_, vol.iii, p.105._Chronique du la Pucelle_, p.


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