“I have heard that it is in the earth, near the tree of which I spoke before; but I do not know the place. Above this mandrake, there was, it is said, a hazel tree.” “What have you heard said was the use of this mandrake?” “To make money come; but I do not believe it. My Voice never spoke to me of that.” “In what likeness did Saint Michael appear to you?” “I did not see a crown: I know nothing of his dress.” “Was he naked?” “Do you think God has not wherewithal to clothe him?” “Had he hair?” “Why should it have been cut off? I have not seen Saint Michael since I left the Castle of Crotoy. I do not see him often. I do not know if he has hair.” “Has he a balance?”[46] “I know nothing about it. It was a great joy to see him; it seemed to me, when I saw him, that I was not in mortal sin. Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret were pleased from time to time to receive my confession, each in turn. If I am in mortal sin, it is without my knowing it.” “When you confessed, did you think you were in mortal sin?” “I do not know if I am in mortal sin, and I do not believe I have done its works; and, if it please God, I will never so be; nor, please God, have I ever done or ever will do deeds which charge my soul!” “What sign did you give your King that you came from God?” “I have always answered that you will not drag this from my lips. Go and ask it of him.” “Have you sworn not to reveal what shall be asked of you touching the Trial?” “I have already told you that I will tell you nothing of what concerns my King. Thereon I will not speak.” “Do you not know the sign that you gave to the King?” “You will not know it from me.” “But this touches on the Trial.” “Of what I have promised to keep secret, I will tell you nothing. I have already said, even here, that I could not tell you without perjury.” “To whom have you promised this?” “To Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret; and this hath been shewn to the King. I promised them, without their asking it of me, of my own free-will, of myself, because too many people might have questioned me had I not promised it to my Saints.” “When you shewed your sign to the King, were you alone with him?” “I do not take account of any one else, although there were many people near.” “When you shewed this sign to the King, did you see a crown on his head?” “I cannot tell you without perjury.” “Had your King a crown at Rheims?” “I think my King took with joy the crown that he had at Rheims; but another, much richer, would have been given him later. He acted thus to hurry on his work, at the request of the people of the town of Rheims, to avoid too long a charge upon them of the soldiers. If he had waited, he would have had a crown a thousand times more rich.” “Have you seen this richer crown?” “I cannot tell you without incurring perjury; and, though I have not seen it, I have heard that it is rich and valuable to a degree.”