And there is no doubt that the captains were not so eager to bring it to an end as they were.[1059] The captains lived by war, while the citizens died of it,--that made all the difference.

The magistrates besought the Maid to complete without delay the deliverance she had already begun.

They said to her: "We have taken counsel and we entreat you to accomplish the mission you have received from God and likewise from the King." [Footnote 1056: _Trial_, vol.iii, p.109._Chronique de la Pucelle_, p.

295.] [Footnote 1057: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p.292._Trial_, vol.iii, p.215._Journal du siege_, pp.

84, 85.] [Footnote 1058: _Chronique de la fete_, in _Trial_, vol.v, p.