If we feared anything we could never govern
England, mylord.
I wish you had followed her counsel, sir. I might
have done it; but I did not: I am a coward, amad dog, a fool.
Take care how you answer;for your life and
salvation are at stake on it. All the things that you call my crimes have cometo me
by the command of God. A distant clock strikes the half-hoursoftly. I firmly believe
thather Savior appeared to her then in His tenderest glory.
What other judgment can I judge by but my own? The
walls are hung from ceiling to floor with painted curtainswhich stir at times in the
draughts.
The walls are hung from ceiling to floor with
painted curtainswhich stir at times in the draughts. A distant clock strikes the
half-hoursoftly.
Do you want me to live with them in
petticoats?
Woman: you have said enough to burn ten heretics.
The walls are hung from ceiling to floor with painted curtainswhich stir at times in
the draughts.
If it were not true, the fire would not beready for
me in the market-place.
And who, saving your reverence, may Brother Martin
be? I will not have it saidthat we proceeded on forced confessions. I amaccustomed
to the fire: it is soon over.
Joan, Joan: does not that prove to you that the
voicesare the voices of evil spirits?
You play for your side, mylord, even at the peril
of your soul. Well, by all means do your best for her if you are quitesure it will
be of no avail.
We declare that thou must be excommunicate. The
silence is broken by someone frantically howling and sobbing.
I say that I have done them by theorder of God: it
is impossible for me to say anything else.
Brother Martin: see that everything is done in
order.
Try to resist the temptation to make pert replies
to us.
When you take me out of the hands of the English
soldiers. What does she know of theChurch and the Law?
Do you notbelieve that you are subject to the
Church of God on earth?
She will not slipthrough our English fingers even
if the whole city be on her side.
Theybelieve honestly and sincerely that their
diabolical inspiration isdivine. The assessors cannot kelp smiling, especially as
the joke isagainst Courcelles.
I agreewith my colleague the Inquisitor that it is
on the count of heresythat we must proceed.