"I will see, I will see," he said, looking troubled. "If this be true, as you have said, then shall you go to him. But is it by evil or by good spirits that you speak?" Without waiting for a reply he left her abruptly. As Jeanne sat spinning with Catherine le Royer the next morning she was greatly surprised when the door opened suddenly, and the Governor himself, accompanied by Jean Fournier, the parish priest, entered. At a sign from Sire Robert, Catherine quitted the room, and Jeanne was left with the two men. The priest immediately put on his stole, and pronounced some Latin words: "If thou be evil, away with thee; if thou be good, draw nigh." With this he sprinkled holy water about the room, and upon her. Jeanne was hurt when she heard the words, for it was the formula used for exorcism. It was believed that if the village maiden were possessed of evil spirits they would be driven away. Having recited the formula and sprinkled holy water the priest expected, if the girl were possessed, to see her struggle and writhe in the effort to take flight. But there was nothing suspicious in Jeanne's attitude. There was no wild agitation or frenzy. She had fallen on her knees when the priest put on his stole, and now anxiously, entreatingly, she dragged herself to him. Messire Jean Fournier stretched forth his hand in benediction over her. "Whatever be the spirit with which she is filled, it is naught of evil," he said to Robert de Baudricourt. With this the two men left the cottage as abruptly as they had entered it. Jeanne burst into tears, and so Catherine found her. "Messire Jean should not have used me so," sobbed the maiden as she related the happening to her hostess. "I have confessed to him daily since I came to Vaucouleurs, and he should have known what manner of girl I was." "There, there, little one," soothed Catherine, tenderly. "He but did it to please the Sire Captain. Perchance now that the gentle Robert knows that evil spirits do not possess thee, he will give thee aid." The exorcism did in truth help Jeanne's cause with the Governor. If the young girl were not possessed of evil it followed naturally that the power in her must be good; therefore he was at last willing to aid her. Secretly he had already sent a messenger to the King telling of the maiden, her mission, her saintly way of living, and asking that he might send her to him. He but waited the consent of Charles before starting Jeanne on her journey. This she did not learn until later.