JOAN DARC (with a shiver)--"Oh, Father! May God stand by me! Thanks to Him, I never knew fear! (She covers her face with her hands in terror.) I, burned! Oh, Lord God! Burned! What a frightful death!" CANON LOYSELEUR--"You are well justified in your fears. The purpose of the tribunal is to send you to the pyre." JOAN DARC (in a smothered voice)--"And yet they are priests! What harm have I done them? Why do they persecute me?" CANON LOYSELEUR--"Oh, my daughter, do not blaspheme that sacred name of priest by applying it to those tigers who thirst for blood." JOAN DARC--"Pardon me, Father!" CANON LOYSELEUR (in a voice of tender commiseration)--"Sweet and dear child, need you fear a word of blame from my mouth? No, no. It was but a generous impulse of indignation that carried me away against those new Pharisees who conspire to kill you, as their predecessors years ago conspired to kill Jesus our Redeemer! I am a clerk of theology. I know the manner in which such tribunals as you are about to face are wont to proceed. I know your life; the glorious voice of your fame has informed me of your noble deeds." JOAN DARC (dejectedly)--"Oh, if I had only remained home sewing and spinning. I would not now be in imminent danger of death!" CANON LOYSELEUR--"Come, daughter of God, no weakness! Did not the Lord tell you by the voice of two of His saints and of His archangel: 'Go, daughter of God! Go to the aid of the King. You will deliver Gaul'?" JOAN DARC--"Yes, Father." CANON LOYSELEUR--"As to those voices, did you hear them?" JOAN DARC--"Yes, Father." CANON LOYSELEUR (pressingly)--"You heard them, the sacred voices? With your bodily ears?" JOAN DARC--"As clearly as I hear your voice at this moment." CANON LOYSELEUR--"And you saw your saints? You saw them with your own eyes?" JOAN DARC--"As I see you." CANON LOYSELEUR (delighted)--"Oh, dear daughter! Hold that language before the ecclesiastical tribunal, and you are saved! You will then escape the snare that they will spread before you." JOAN DARC--"Please explain what you mean, dear Father and protector."