Is he quite sure that if he had been a member of the University of Paris in 1431 he would have thought and pronounced in favour of Jeanne, and in opposition to his colleagues ?"] On the subject of Jeanne's sincerity I have raised no doubts.

It is impossible to suspect her of lying; she firmly believed that she received her mission from her voices.

But whether she were not unconsciously directed is more difficult to ascertain.

What we know of her before her arrival at Chinon comes to very little.

One is inclined to believe that she had been subject to certain influences; it is so with all visionaries: some unseen director leads them.