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

CHAPTER III
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"God bless thee."[383] [Footnote 383: _Ibid._, p.

431.] And by the way, on the doorsteps of the houses, whenever she saw faces she knew, she bade them farewell.[384] But she avoided Hauviette with whom she had played and slept in childhood and whom she dearly loved.
If she were to bid her good-bye she feared that her heart would fail her.

It was not till later that Hauviette heard of her friend's departure and then she wept bitterly.[385] [Footnote 384: _Trial_, vol.ii, p.

418.] [Footnote 385: _Ibid._, p.

419: _dixit quod nescivit recessum dictae Johannae; quae testis propter hoc multum flebat, quia eam multum propter suam bonitatem diligebat et quod sua socia erat_.] On her second arrival at Vaucouleurs, Jeanne imagined that she was setting foot in a town belonging to the Dauphin, and, in the language of the day, entering the royal antechamber.[386] She was mistaken.
Since the beginning of August, 1428, the Commander of Vaucouleurs had yielded the fortress to Antoine de Vergy, but had not yet surrendered it to him.
[Footnote 386: _Ibid._, vol.ii, p.


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