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

CHAPTER I
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330 _et seq._).] [Footnote 169: Emile Hinzelin, _Chez Jeanne d'Arc_, _passim_.] These good Christians had one more child, the youngest, Pierre, who was called Pierrelot.[170] [Footnote 170: _Trial_, vol.v, pp.

151, 220.] Fed on light wine and brown bread, hardened by a hard life, Jeanne grew up in an unfruitful land, among people who were rough and sober.
She lived in perfect liberty.

Among hard-working peasants the children are left to themselves.

Isabelle's daughter seems to have got on well with the village children.
A little neighbour, Hauviette, three or four years younger than she, was her daily companion.

They liked to sleep together in the same bed.[171] Mengette, whose parents lived close by, used to come and spin at Jacques d'Arc's house.


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