very interesting witness, to wit, Joan of Arc's almoner,
'venerable et religieux personne Jean Pasquerel.' This worthy priest
had been formerly in a Tours monastery. We do not find his age given
at this time. The clear graphic testimony of this good man is a
pleasure to read. His love and admiration for the heroine appear in
every line of his testimony, and although this narrative is already
too long, it will not perhaps be considered tedious if some of his
evidence is quoted.

'When I first had tidings,' he says, 'of Joan of Arc and of her
arrival at Court, I was at Puy, where at that time were her mother and
some people who had accompanied her to Chinon. Having come to me, they
said, "You must come with us and see Joan; we will not allow you to
leave us until you have seen her." So I went with them to Chinon, and
also to Tours. At that time I was reader in a convent in that town.
When she came to Tours, Joan lived in the house of John Dupuy, a
burgher of that place. It was there that I first met her. "Joan,"
they said to her, "we have brought this good father to see you. When
you know him well you will like him very much." And Joan answered them
and said, "The good father pleases me much; I have heard about him
already, and I will make my confession to him to-morrow."

'And I heard her confession on the day following, when I also sang the
Mass before her. Since that I have always followed Joan, and I
remained her chaplain till the time of her capture at Compiegne.'

It was in this good priest's evidence that the touching trait of Joan
of Arc's fondness for gathering children about her was made known.
'She confessed nearly every day,' he said, 'and took the Sacrament
often. When near any community of begging friars she asked me to
remind her of the days on which the beggar children received the
Eucharist, so that she might receive it at the same time with them. It
was her delight,' he said, 'to take the Sacrament along with the poor
mendicant children. She shed tears often at confession.'

Later on in his evidence Pasquerel adds to the above, 'that often at
night I have seen her kneeling, praying for her King and for the
success of her mission. I certainly,' he said, 'firmly believed in the
divine source of her mission, for she was always engaged in good
works, and she was full of every good quality. During a campaign when
provisions ran short Joan would never take that which had been gained
by pillage. To the wou