Child marriages--“The Pride of Lorraine”--A mailed fist--Duchess’s bare feet--Satin skin--Cardinal matchmaker--Ten considerations--Woman’s wit supreme--A charming boy--Jean “sans Peur”--“Polluyon”--A Sovereign’s oath--“Noël! Noël!”--First free Parliament in France--Veterans--Antoine de Vaudémont--“You may go!”--Bulgneville--René a prisoner--Insecurity of life--The Duke’s terms--Two boy hostages--La Tour de Bar--René’s parole--Money the crux--René at Naples--The Golden Rose--A royal artist--Music and song--Duchess Margaret dies--“Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!”--The sword of Lancelot--A very young widow--Isabelle leads an army--Alfonso in check--King René free--Women of Genoa--On the throne--A troubled land--“Cette vraie Amazone!”--Fortune did not smile--“Too much blood”--A dastardly outrage--Peace--Princess Marguerite betrothed--Black armour--Jehanne de Laval--Black buffaloes--Grey hair--Splendid tournaments--Ordre du Croissant--Double nuptials--Henry VI. of England--Ferri carries off Yolande--Cupid’s “Lists”--The spectre of war--Death of Queen Isabelle--“My heart has lost its love!”--“Amour et Foy” 94-142 CHAPTER V JEANNE D’ARC--“LA PUCELLE” “Give me René!”--Village of Domremy--Village feuds--A busy mother--A weird accouchement--Le Bois Chènus--Voices--St. Michael--Mad Jehanne--A coarse kirtle--She touched the hilt--Duke Charles’s strange visitors--A dash around the courtyard--“Vive la nostre Royne!”--A pilgrimage march--Priests and minstrels--A famous sword--Jeanne’s oriflamme--A dissolute Court--Charles VI. at Chinon--A winning hazard--Certain secrets--Jeanne’s double ordeal--Bishops and matrons--“La Pucelle” so named by Queen Yolande--Filles de Joie--White armour--An ultimatum--Divided counsels--The siege of Orléans--“The Maid” wounded--En route to Reims--The “Sacré”--Jeanne’s modesty--Her apotheosis--“Sire, I bid you farewell”--René the hero--Jeanne the heroine--To expel the hated English--The fall of Paris--“The Maid” a prisoner--Deserted by everyone--A mock trial--A human wreck--Burnt to death--A maiden’s heart and a white dove--“Ma Royne est mort!” René’s lament--Charles’s remorse--The memory of Jeanne d’Arc 143-173 CHAPTER VI MARIE D’ANJOU