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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER XIII
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THE TAKING OF LES TOURELLES AND THE DELIVERANCE OF ORLEANS On the morrow, Friday the 6th of May, the Maid rose at daybreak.

She confessed to her chaplain and heard mass sung before the priests and fighting men of her company.[1037] The zealous townsfolk were already up and armed.

Whether or no she had told them, the citizens, who were strongly determined to cross the Loire and attack Les Tourelles themselves, were pressing in crowds to the Burgundian Gate.

They found it shut.

The Sire de Gaucourt was guarding it with men-at-arms.


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