My Lord Geoffroy did not know much of Jeanne's parents; he was ignorant even of their names.

But the damsel seemed to him good, simple, pious, and he encouraged her in her marvellous undertaking.[325] A week after her arrival at Burey she attained her object: Durand Lassois consented to take her to Vaucouleurs.[326] [Footnote 325: _Trial_, vol.ii, p.

442.] [Footnote 326: _Ibid._, vol.i, pp.

53, 221; vol.ii, p.

443.] Before starting she asked a favour from her aunt Aveline who was with child; she said to her: "If the babe you bear is a daughter, call her Catherine in memory of my dead sister." Catherine, who had married Colin de Greux, had just died.[327] [Footnote 327: Genealogical Inquiry made by the Bailie of Chaumont concerning Jehan Royer (8 October, 1555) in E.de Bouteiller and G.de Braux, _Nouvelles recherches sur la famille de Jeanne d'Arc_, p.