He advised that she should be kept at a distance and examined, but not repulsed.
[Footnote 701: [In the original French _garce_.] The text has _grace_, which is not possible.

I have conjectured that the word should be _garce_.] A prudent answer to those letters reassured Gelu.

In a new epistle he testified to the King his satisfaction at hearing that the damsel was regarded with suspicion and left in uncertainty as to whether she would or would not be believed.

Then, with a return to his former misgivings, he added: "It behoves not that she should have frequent access to the King until such time as certainty be established concerning her manner of life and her morals."[702] [Footnote 702: M.Fornier, _Histoire des Alpes-Maritimes ou Cottiennes_, vol.ii, pp.

313, 314.] King Charles did indeed keep Jeanne in uncertainty as to what was believed of her.