“Which of these two appearances came to you first?” “Saint Michael.” “Is it a long time since you first heard the voice of Saint Michael?” “I did not say anything to you about the _voice_ of Saint Michael; I say I have had great comfort from him.” “What was the first Voice that came to you when you were about thirteen?” “It was Saint Michael: I saw him before my eyes; he was not alone, but quite surrounded by the Angels of Heaven. I came into France only by the order of God.” “Did you see Saint Michael and these Angels bodily and in reality?” “I saw them with my bodily eyes as well as I see you; when they went from me, I wept. I should have liked to be taken away with them.” “And what was Saint Michael like?” “You will have no more answer from me; and I am not yet free to tell you.” “What did Saint Michael say to you this first time?” “You will have no more answer about it from me to-day. My Voices said to me, ‘Reply boldly.’ Once I told the King all that had been revealed to me, because it concerned him; but I am no longer free to reveal to you all that Saint Michael said to me.” [To Maître Beaupère:] “I wish you could get a copy of this book at Poitiers, if it please God.” “Have your Voices forbidden you to make known your revelations without leave from them?” “I will answer you no more about it. On all that I have leave, I will answer willingly. I have not quite understood if my Voices have forbidden me to answer.” “What sign do you give that you have this revelation from God, and that it is Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret that talk with you?” “I have told you that it is they; believe me if you will.” “Are you forbidden to say?” “I have not quite understood if this is forbidden or not.” “How can you make sure of distinguishing such things as you are free to tell, from those which are forbidden?” “On some points I have asked leave, and on others I have obtained it. I would rather have been torn asunder by four horses than have come into France without God’s leave.” “Was it God who prescribed to you the dress of a man?” “What concerns this dress is a small thing—less than nothing. I did not take it by the advice of any man in the world. I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.” “Did it appear to you that this command to take man’s dress was lawful?” “All I have done is by Our Lord’s command. If I had been told to take some other, I should have done it; because it would have been His command.” “Did you not take this garment by order of Robert de Baudricourt?” “No.” “Do you think it was well to take a man’s dress?” “All that I have done by the order of Our Lord I think has been well done; I look for good surety and good help in it.” “In this particular case, this taking of man’s dress, do you think you did well?” “I have done nothing in the world but by the order of God.” “When you saw this Voice coming to you, was there a light?”