oan. And on being asked if she considered it right
to make an attack on such a day, she refused to answer.

It is plain that the gist of those questions made by Beaupere was to
try and make Joan of Arc avow that her voices had given her evil
counsel. On the following day the same tactics were pursued.

The third meeting of the tribunal was held on the 24th of February, in
the same chamber. Sixty-two assessors were present. Again Cauchon
commenced by admonishing Joan to tell the truth on all subjects asked
her, and again she protested that as far as her revelations were
concerned she could give no answers. On Cauchon insisting, she said,
'Take care what you, who are my judge, undertake, for you take a
terrible responsibility on yourself, and you presume too far. It is
enough,' she added, 'that I have already twice taken the oath.'

Upon her saying this, Cauchon lost all control, and he stormed and
threatened her with instant condemnation if she refused to take the
oath.

'All the clergy in Paris and Rouen could not condemn me,' was the
proud answer, 'if they had not the right to do so.' But, as on the
previous occasions, she said she would willingly answer all questions
relating to her deeds since leaving her home, but that it would take
many days for her to tell them all. Wearied with the persistence and
threats of her arch-tormentor, Cauchon, Joan said that she had been
sent by God and wished to return to God. 'I have nothing more to do
here,' she added.

Beaupere was again ordered to cross-examine the prisoner.

He began by asking her when she had last eaten.

'Not since yesterday at mid-day,' she said. (It was then Lent.)

Beaupere then began again to question her regarding the voice. When
had she last heard it?

'On the previous day,' Joan said, 'and also on that day too.'

'At what o'clock of the day before?'

Thrice she had heard the voice in the morning, and once at the hour
of Vespers, and again when the _Ave Maria_ was being sung.

'What were you doing,' asked Beaupere, 'when the voices called you?'

'I was sleeping,' answered Joan, 'and the voice awoke me.'

'Did it awake you by touching your arm?'

'The voice awoke me without its touching me.'

'Was it in your room?'

'Not that I know, but it was in the castle.'

'Did you acknowledge it by kneeling?'

'I acknowledged its presence by sitting up and clasping my hands. I
had begged for its help.'

'And what did it say to you?'

'It tol