8/91 The two heralds sent by two English knights to offer single combat received the answer: "For to-day you may go to bed, because it grows late. But to-morrow, if it be God's will, we will come to closer quarters."[1273] [Footnote 1273: Those who would attribute this saying to the Maid have misunderstood Wavrin. _Anciennes chroniques_, vol.i, p. 287.] The English, assured that they would not be attacked, marched off to pass the night at Meung.[1274] [Footnote 1274: Wavrin du Forestel, _Anciennes chroniques_, vol.i, p. Monstrelet, vol.iv, pp. |