The English havebuilt it too high for me to get
near her and make the death easier.
I am afraid it will have a bad effect on the
people. Pray take your places,gentlemen; and let us proceed to
business.
The Executioner and his assistants hurry out
through the courtyard. And Ido not believe that the heavens were empty. If youleave
the door of the cage open the bird will fly out. I am a hotheadedfool; and I shall
be damned to all eternity for it.
Are we to waste our time on such rubbish? What does
she know of theChurch and the Law?
Joan: I am goingto put a most solemn question to
you. I am the Master Executioner of Rouen: it is a highly
skilledmystery.
Am I a heretic because I try to escapefrom
prison?
The English havebuilt it too high for me to get
near her and make the death easier. If we feared anything we could never govern
England, mylord.
But some of the most important points have
beenreduced almost to nothing.
That man is notonly the torturer: he is also the
Executioner. Cauchon takes one of the judicial seats; and DEstivet sits at
thescribes table, studying his brief. Are we to waste our time on such
rubbish?
They have all gone to see theburning: even that
child.
Why would anybody leave a prison if they could get
out? My lord: a girl who could think of anothersdanger in such a moment was not
inspired by the devil.
When I hadto snatch the cross from her sight, she
looked up to heaven. Joan: the Church instructs you thatthese apparitions are demons
seeking your souls perdition.
I am reasonable if youwill be
reasonable.
Some of them would steal the Popes horseif they got
the chance.
I believe that God is wiser than I; and it is His
commandsthat I will do.
Do you not yet see that yourvoices have deceived
you? I am told that there is some doubt whether your authorityruns in this city, my
lord.
Withthem is the Executioner and his
assistants.
Why, yes: what can be plainer
commonsense?
If the accusedwill confess voluntarily, then its
use cannot be justified. Joan: the Church instructs you thatthese apparitions are
demons seeking your souls perdition.
Her heart would not burn, my lord; but
everythingthat was left is at the bottom of the river.