She seized him by the throat, exclaiming, "Ah, Sir! dare you take in vain the name of Our Lord and Master?
In God's name you shall take back those words before I move from this place." A citizen's wife, passing down the street at that moment, beheld this man, who seemed to her to be a great baron, humbly receiving the Saint's reproaches and testifying his repentance.[1027] [Footnote 1027: _Trial_, vol.iii, pp.

34, 35 (evidence of the widow Hure).] On the morrow, which was Ascension Day, the captains held a council-of-war in the house of Chancellor Cousinot in the Rue de la Rose.[1028] There were present, as well as the Chancellor, my Lord the Bastard, the Sire de Gaucourt, the Sire de Rais, the Sire de Graville, Captain La Hire, my Lord Ambroise de Lore and several others.

It was decided that Les Tourelles, the chief stronghold of the besiegers, should be attacked on the morrow.

Meanwhile, it would be necessary to hold in check the English of the camp of Saint-Laurent-des-Orgerils.
On the previous day, when Talbot set out from Saint-Laurent, he had not been able to reach Saint-Loup in time because he had been obliged to make a long circuit, going round the town from west to east.

But, although, on that previous day, the enemy had lost command of the Loire above the town, they still held the lower river.