“I did thank it. I was sitting on the bed; I joined my hands; I implored its help. The Voice said to me: ‘Answer boldly.’ I asked advice as to how I should answer, begging it to entreat for this the counsel of the Lord. The Voice said to me: ‘Answer boldly; God will help thee.’ Before I had prayed it to give me counsel, it said to me several words I could not readily understand. After I was awake, it said to me: ‘Answer boldly.’” [Addressing herself to Us, the said Bishop:] “You say you are my judge. Take care what you are doing; for in truth I am sent by God, and you place yourself in great danger.” Maître Beaupère, continuing, said: “Has this Voice sometimes varied in its counsel?” “I have never found it give two contrary opinions.... This night again I heard it say: ‘Answer boldly.’” “Has your Voice forbidden you to say everything on what you are asked?” “I will not answer you about that. I have revelations touching the King that I will not tell you.” “Has it forbidden you to tell those revelations?” “I have not been advised about these things. Give me a delay of fifteen days,[23] and I will answer you. If my Voice has forbidden me, what would you say about it? Believe me, it is not men who have forbidden me. To-day I will not answer: I do not know if I ought, or not; it has not been revealed to me. But as firmly as I believe in the Christian Faith and that God hath redeemed us from the pains of Hell, that Voice hath come to me from God and by His Command.” “The Voice that you say appears to you, does it come directly from an Angel, or directly from God; or does it come from one of the Saints?” “The Voice comes to me from God; and I do not tell you all I know about it: I have far greater fear of doing wrong in saying to you things that would displease it, than I have of answering you. As to this question, I beg you to grant me delay.” “Is it displeasing to God to speak the truth?” “My Voices have entrusted to me certain things to tell to the King, not to you. This very night they told me many things for the welfare of my King, which I would he might know at once, even if I should drink no wine until Easter, ... the King would be the more joyful at his dinner!” “Can you not so deal with your Voices that they will convey this news to your King?” “I know not if the Voice would obey, and if it be God’s Will. If it please God, He will know how to reveal it to the King, and I shall be well content.” “Why does not this Voice speak any more to your King, as it did when you were in his presence?” “I do not know if it be the Will of God. Without the grace of God I should not know how to do anything.” “Has your counsel revealed to you that you will escape from prison?” “I have nothing to tell you about that.” “This night, did your Voice give you counsel and advice as to what you should answer?” “If it did give me advice and counsel thereon, I did not understand.”