Had they read it the town would have been lost.

Jeanne's Vegetius was Saint Catherine.
During the night it was cried in the streets of the city that bread, wine, ammunition and all things necessary must be taken to those who had stayed behind at Le Portereau.

There was a constant passing to and fro of boats across the river.

Men, women and children were carrying supplies to the outposts.[1055] [Footnote 1055: _Journal du siege_, p.

84.] On the morrow, Saturday the 7th of May, Jeanne heard Brother Pasquerel say mass and piously received the holy sacrament.[1056] Jacques Boucher's house was beset with magistrates and notable citizens.