They engaged her in conversations, which, had they been preserved, would doubtless present to us one of the sources whence she derived inspiration for her marvellous vocation.
One among them, whose name will never be known, raised up an angelic deliverer for the king and the kingdom of France.
[Footnote 297: _Trial_, vol.ii, pp.

402, 434.] [Footnote 298: These two persons, however, are only known to us through somewhat doubtful genealogical documents.

_Trial_, vol.v, p.
252.

Boucher de Molandon, _La famille de Jeanne d'Arc_, p.127.

G.de Braux and E.de Bouteiller, _Nouvelles recherches_, pp.