Joan the Woman

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 JESSE L. LASKY
    PRESENTS
 GERALDINE FARRAR 
       IN 
 JOAN THE WOMAN
       BY
JEANIE MACPHERSON

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 Founded on the Life of Joan
  of Arc, the Girl Patriot,
    Who Fought with Men,
     Was Loved by Men
    and Killed by Men -
Yet Withal Retained the Heart 
        of a Woman.

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   PRODUCED BY
CECIL B. DE MILLE

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  Music by
William Furst

Photographed by
Alvin Wyckoff

  Art Director
Wilfred Buckland

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FOR seventy years defeat
 after defeat had followed
the French arms; until, in the
year 1429, France was on the 
verge of becoming an English
province.

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CHARLES VII, King of
 France - deserted by his
most powerful nobles - was
opposed by his own cousin
the Duke of Burgundy, whose
wealth and soldiers were at
England's call.

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PARIS, itself, was in English
   hands; and Charles,
the weakling King, ruled a
shabby, debt-ridden little court
- unhonored and uncrowned.

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AT this time - when the
 soul of France was slowly
dying - there dwelt in the little
village of Domremy, a simple
peasant girl, the daughter of
Jacques d'Arc.

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HER name was Joan, and
 her life that of the sturdy
country maiden as she worked
at the hearth or in the pasture.

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JOAN OF ARC

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SHE gave her all for 
  France - and her
reward was martyrdom.

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JOAN OF ARC is not dead.
  She can never die - and in
the war-torn land she loved
so well, her Spirit fights today.

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       1916
 AN ENGLISH TRENCH
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE

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   I wonder what queer old 
chap carried this sword to
battle in the old days!

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   We want a volunteer to
attempt the destruction of
Enemy Trench No. 2 with
this bomb.

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   I don't want an answer 
'till midnight. Think it over
- the man who goes will
not come back.

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MEMORY

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   The time has come for 
thee to expiate thy sin 
against me.

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INTO THE PAST

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The Shabby Court of Charles,
  Rightful King of France.

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   Sire - the butcher hath
refused more partridges until
the last are paid for!

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THE DESERTER.

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   Why should I not desert
when the King, himself, is
preparing to flee from France!

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   No sword once drawn
for France - shall be thrown 
down!

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FEARING That the People -
  Out of Pity - May Rally to
the Standard of a Ragged King,
England and Burgundy Employ
"The Spider" to Pamper and
Amuse Charles - While Their
Armies Lay Siege to Orleans.

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   I have come far to pledge
thee my love, Sire, and my
purse.

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   Sire - my castle at Chinon
awaits thy Royal Presence.

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Eric Trent - In Search of
 Cattle For the Duke of
  Burgundy - Raids the
   Village of Domremy.

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   Flee - the Burgundians
are coming!

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   One of must stay to
parley with them, that the
others may seek safety in
the woods.

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   Englishman - I pray thee 
in the name of God, turn
back!

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   What wouldst thou with
me, Englishman?

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   Return to camp with 
thy loot: I'll follow thee 
anon.

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   Now, Englishman, wilt 
thou go?

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Go bid our men return.

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   They daughter, Joan, is 
safe: I hid her in the loft
while I put them all to rout!

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When the Daisies
    Bloomed.

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   I'll name the daisy for the 
sweetest maid I know - and 
ask it if she loves me.

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She loves me!

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   Bid thy Englishman 
depart - or I will tell them
all thou hast concealed an
enemy of France!

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   Prepare thyself Joan -
for thou art to save France
and the King.

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   What ails thee, Joan -
go about thy work!

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       Knowing That Her
   Parents Would Defeat Her 
Mission, Joan Prepares Secretly
     to Obey the Command
      of Her "Voices".

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   Uncle Laxart, wilt thou
brave my father's anger - -
and take me to the Governor?

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   AT THE CASTLE OF
ROBERT DE BEAUDRICOURT,
     THE GOVERNOR

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   My Lord Governor, I
have come to thee - for it is
the will of God that thou
shouldst send me to the King!

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   If thou comest from God,
show me what answer he
would make to this!

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   I am convinced and will 
send thee to thy King.

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Charles, Caught in the
"Spider's" Golden Web,
   Idles at Chinon.

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   Sire - our soldiers are
deserting to the Burgundian
camp, because we cannot 
clothe or feed them!

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   I regret, Sire, that my 
purse cannot stretch to this 
necessity.

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The King at Last.

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   I bring thee from the
Governor a peasant wench,
who claims she is sent from
God to lead thy soldiers.

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   Test this peasant wench:
if she is so clever, let her
find thee among the crowd!

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THE RUSE.

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   Thou art the King -
none other!

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   Gentle Prince, I am Joan
the Maid, sent by God to
lead thy army against the
English and crown thee
King of France!

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SO Greatly Did the French
 Fear the English - that
Eric Trent Marched Almost
Unopposed into the Strongest
Fortress Outside the Walls of 
Orleans.

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Sire, I see - I see - -

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   Give me soldiers, Sire,
before it is too late - for
even now the English take 
the fortress of The Towers!

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   This is black magic, the
girl may have come from 
the Devil!

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   Question this maid, and
find out if she be from
Heaven or Hell!

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THE HERALD OF ENGLAND

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   Art thou Charles, who
calls himself King of France?

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   Our merciful English
Sovereign - rightful King of
France - generously offers
thee peace, providing thou
wilt relinquish thy claim to 
the throne. Otherwise, be
it known to thee that thy
head shall pay for thy folly!

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   Take this answer to thy
master. Tell him if every
sword in France were
broken - if every man in 
France were dead - there is 
still the God of Justice to 
free us from thy yoke!

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   The English army is at
the gates of Orleans!

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   Men of France - will ye
follow me to battle?

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   If ye will not follow me,
will ye follow the Standard
of France?

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   Are the Nobles of France
to follow a peasant wench?

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   Joan of Arc - I create
thee Commander of the
Armies of France!

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   Joan of Arc - I'll follow
thee to Victory, or to Hell!

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"The Spider" Summons
L'Oiseleur - the Mad
        Monk.

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   Follow this witch, and
let me hear from thee
concerning her.

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The Blessing of the 
    Standard.

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   The Maid warns thee to
depart from Orleans - or
she will wage such war 
against ye as has never been 
known in France!

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 This answer will I make to
thine impertinent milkmaid!

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   I knew thou wouldst
have need of me, so I came 
to thee!

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The Call to Arms.

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   Lady, behold thy answer
from the English!

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The Departure
 For Orleans.

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THE BESIEGED CITY OF ORLEANS

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   To the gates - to the
gates! Help is coming!

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   A strange maiden clad in 
armor rides through the 
gates of Orleans!

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   Let the sheep enter the 
shambles - the butcher's 
work will be easier!

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   Fear not. I bring ye
better help than has ever
come to any town or captain
- the help of the King of 
Heaven!

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Joan Summons the English
     to Surrender.

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   This petticoat general bids
us flee from France - lest
she carve us with her sword!

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   Milkmaid of France - get
thee hence, or we'll capture
thee and burn thee as a
witch!

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    AT DAYBREAK
Certain Jealous French 
Captains - Disobeying 
Joan's Orders - Attack 
 and are Defeated by
    the English.

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   Somewhere French blood
is flowing!

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   The French are beaten 
at the stockade!

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  THE BATTLE OF THE 
       TOWERS

JOAN Masses Her Men to
Attack the Fortress, Which
for Months Has Hurled 
Terror and Death into the
Ranks of the French.

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   In the name of God -
forward!

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   Long live Joan - savior
of Orleans!

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END OF FIRST EPOCH

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JOAN THE WOMAN

THE SECOND EPOCH

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   THE
CONQUEROR

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   Wouldst thou become
Queen - that thou lettest
the people kneel to thee!

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The Spoils of War.

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   If aught of harm comes
to the prisoner, Eric Trent,
thou shalt answer to me!

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      AT RHEIMS

THE Traitorous Bishop
Cauchon Seeks His King's
Destruction to Further His
Own Ambition with the
English.

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   The King is here for his 
crowning. When England
hears that we have failed to
keep the crown from Charles
- - thou wilt lose thy 
bishopric and I my head!

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   Drink not, Sire - the
wine is poisoned!

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   Only thy Bishop's robes
protect thee - - go thou from
our presence, nor show thy
face again in France!

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After Many Victories,
Joan Leads Her King
 to His Crowning.

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Long live the King!

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   It is our royal pleasure to
reward thee, Maid - ask
what thou wilt!

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   Two things would I ask
of thee, Sire: that the
peasants of my village may
be forever untaxed - - and
freedom for the English 
prisoner, Eric Trent.

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   My Joan, thy father calls 
for thee - thy mother weeps
for thee, wilt thou not return?

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   I may not return with 
thee, for I shall last but a 
year - and there is yet much 
to be done!

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   By the King's command
- the prisoner, Eric Trent,
is free!

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   Warrior Maiden - why
hast thou twice saved my 
life?

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   If I thought thou hast 
saved me because thou lovest 
me - - no power of Saint
or Devil should take thee 
from me!

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   Englishman, there is room
in each heart but for one
love - - mine is for France!

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   Englishman - our ways
must lie apart. I go to
Compi�gne to battle - - go
thou thy way and forget 
me!

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The Tightening
 of the Web.

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   At Orleans, I saw the
people kiss her robe -- and
the soldiers whisper that
they'll make her Queen!

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   The Maid's a witch -
Sire - a witch!

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IN the Tent of the Duke 
  of Burgundy, Before
Compi�gne.

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   Our chance has come; for 
the Witch - with but a
handful of knights - rides
secretly to Compi�gne.

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   Thou mayest avenge thy 
capture, for we have learned 
where the Witch Maid 
rides. Go forth with thy 
men and take her!

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   Command me if thou 
wilt to some other duty -
but bid me not to capture
the Maid!

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   Since thou art turned
coward, Eric Trent, I
command thee - in the name
of thy English King - to
capture Joan the Maid!

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THE BLACK HORSEMAN

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   Dost thou not see the
Black Horseman? I have
not long, Gaspard - - I have
not long!

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DAWN BRINGS ON THE 
DAY - BIG WITH FATE.

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The Ashes of Love.

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   For service to thy King
in the capture of this witch,
I create thee - from this day
forth - Count of Diermont!

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Thou didst betray me!

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   Rejoice, my Lord! The
Devil hath been cheated -
and the Witch Maid 
captured!

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   Go thou and pray for 
her soul!

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The fire - the fire!

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"The Gratitude of Kings."

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   For God's sake give me
money to ransom Joan the 
Maid!

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   Dost think, Sire, to
ransom a witch - who
would make herself queen
and reign in thy stead!

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   I am done with thy 
service -- nor do I longer
call thee King!

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    THE AUCTION BLOCK
A Captive Warrior - Whether
  King, Duke or Yeoman -
Was Held for a Fixed Ransom.
But Joan the Maid Was Sold
to the Highest Bidder.

139
   I come with English gold
to ransom Joan the Witch!

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   All this is useless, Sirs,
for my King will ransom 
me!

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WITH England Seeking
  Her Destruction - and
Cauchon Bent Upon Revenge
- Joan Is Brought to Trial for
Witchcraft.

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   She's a weaver of spells --
and the people fall down 
and worship her!

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   Thinkest thou, with this
talk of "Voices", that thou
standest in God's grace?

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 If I be not in God's grace
- may He bring me there.
If I be - may He keep me 
there!

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   THE TRAVESTY OF 
       JUSTICE

JOAN, Without Counsel, so
  Baffles Her Tormentors
that Cauchon - Finding it
Impossible to Trap Her -
Stoops to the Most Contempt-
ible Trickery to Gain His End.

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   We would not harm thee,
Joan - - thou hast but to
sign this paper to go free!

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   This declares that thou 
hast rashly sinned against
Holy Church - hast lied
concerning thy Saints and 
Voices - and dost promise to 
return to the garb of a 
woman!

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The Last Move in the 
       Game.

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   Tonight - thou shalt place
the worst ruffian of thy
guard in the cell of Joan
the Maid.

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   By morning this wench will
have returned to men's garb.
We can then pronounce her
a relapsed heretic - and
burn her!

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   Thou art a Priest - and
should seek the salvation
of this girl rather than her
death!

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The Night Guard.

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   Horses are waiting at the
prison gate - make haste to 
follow me!

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   I did wrong to deny
what I know to be right,
but I signed through fear of 
the fire!

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 Since thou hast resumed the
garb of a man I declare thee,
Joan, to be a relapsed heretic
- and as such thou shalt be
taken to the public square at
daylight - - and burned!

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   The Witch has relapsed -
she will be burned at dawn
- the Witch has relapsed!

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The Long Night.

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   Oh, Lord my God - -
why hast thou forsaken me!

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   Sire - dost thou know
they are burning Joan the 
Maid!

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   Forgive me - forgive me -
I knew not what I did!

161
 Executioner - do thy
duty!

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   My voices were of God
- they have not deceived me!

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   God forgive us - we have
burned a Saint!

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   Report: Enemy Trench
No. 2 - destroyed.

THE END


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