To him she often expressed the desire that the Church after her death should pray for her and for all the French slain in the war.
"If I were to depart from this world," she used to say to him, "I should like the King to build chantries, where prayers should be offered to Messire for the salvation of the souls of those who died in war or for the defence of the realm."[1173] [Footnote 1173: _Trial_, vol.iii, p.

112.] Such a wish was common to all devout souls.

What Christian in those days did not hold the practice of saying masses for the dead to be good and salutary?
Thus, in the matter of devotion, the Maid was in accord with Duke Charles of Orleans, who, in one of his complaints, recommends the saying and singing of masses for the souls of those who had suffered violent death in the service of the realm.[1174] [Footnote 1174: _Trial_, vol.iii, p.112._Poesies de Charles d'Orleans_, ed.

A.Champollion-Figeac, p.

174.] She said one day to the good brother: "There is succour that I am appointed to bring." And Pasquerel, albeit he had studied the Bible, cried out in amazement: "Such a history as yours there hath never been before in the world.