My task would have been easier had I been Yoland of Sicily or that daughter of the King of Scots from whom many looked for the succour of France.

Folly, folly! There is no virtue in humble blood.

I would I had been a queen! I love fine clothes and rich trappings and the great horse which d'Alencon gave me.

God has made a brave world and I would that all His people could get the joy of it.

I love it the more because I have only a little time in it." "But you are happy," said the girl, "and I want such happiness." "There is no happiness," said the Maid, "save in doing the will of God our Father." "But I do not know His will....