_Melusine_, Paris, 1901, in 8vo, p.

121.] [Footnote 198: _Propter eorum peccata_, in the _Trial_, vol.ii, p.
396.

There is no doubt as to the meaning of these words.] This simple-minded woman meant that the fairies were the enemies of God and that the priest had driven them away.

Jean Morel, Jeanne's godfather, believed the same.[199] [Footnote 199: _Trial_, vol.ii, p.

390.] [Illustration: THE HOUSE OF JOAN OF ARC AT DOMREMY IN 1419] Indeed on Ascension Eve, on Rogation days and Ember days, crosses were carried through the fields and the priest went to _l'Arbre-des-Fees_ and chanted the Gospel of St.John.He chanted it also at the Gooseberry Spring and at the other springs in the parish.[200] For the exorcising of evil spirits there was nothing like the Gospel of St.
John.[201] [Footnote 200: _Trial_, vol.ii, p.