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

CHAPTER XII
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5, 6.

_Chronique de la Pucelle_, p.284.Boucher de Molandon, _Premiere expedition de Jeanne d'Arc_, p.
49.] One may conclude that what really vexed her was that she had not been taken straight to Talbot and the English.

She had just heard that Talbot with his camp was on the right bank.

And when she spoke of Talbot and the English she meant only those English who were with Talbot.

For, as she came down into the Loire valley, near the ford of Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, she must have seen the bastion of Les Augustins and Les Tourelles at the end of the bridge; and she must have known that there were also English on the left bank.


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