Joan promised to set Orleans free.

The Orleannese themselves were clamorous for her; Dunois kept up their spirits with the expectation of this marvellous assistance.

It was decided that the king should receive her.

She had assigned to her for residence an apartment in the tower of the Coudray, a block of quarters adjoining the royal mansion, and she was committed to the charge of William Bellier, an officer of the king's household, whose wife was a woman of great piety and excellent fame.

On the 9th of March, 1429, Joan was at last introduced into the king's presence by the Count of Vendome, high steward, in the great hall on the first story, a portion of the wall and the fireplace being still visible in the present day.