BISHOP CAUCHON (rising)--"Joan, approach (she draws nearer). Our duty as protectors and upholders of the Christian faith, with the aid of our Lord Jesus Christ, compels us to warn you in all charity that, in order to hasten your trial and the peace of your soul, you must tell the truth, the whole truth. In short, answer without subterfuge to our interrogatories. You are to swear on the Holy Scriptures to tell the truth. (To one of the beadles) Bring a missal." The beadle brings a missal and presents it to Joan. BISHOP CAUCHON--"Joan, down on your knees. Swear on that missal to tell the truth." JOAN DARC (mistrustful)--"I know not what you mean to interrogate me upon, sir. You may put such questions to me that I may be unable to answer." BISHOP CAUCHON--"You shall swear that you will sincerely answer the questions that we shall put to you concerning your faith--and other things." JOAN DARC (kneels down and puts both her hands on the missal)--"I swear to tell the truth." BISHOP CAUCHON--"What are your given names?" JOAN DARC--"In Lorraine I was called Jeannette. Since my arrival in France I have been called Joan. That is my name." BISHOP CAUCHON--"Where were you born?" JOAN DARC--"In the village of Domremy, in the valley of Vaucouleurs." BISHOP CAUCHON--"What are the names of your father and your mother?" JOAN DARC (with deep emotion)--"My father is named James Darc, my mother Isabelle Romée. These are the names of my dear parents." BISHOP CAUCHON--"In what place were you baptized?" JOAN DARC--"In the church of Domremy." BISHOP CAUCHON--"Who were your god-father and god-mother?" JOAN DARC--"My god-father's name was John Linguet, my god-mother's Sybille." (At the recollections invoked by this name a tear rolls down her cheek.) BISHOP CAUCHON--"This woman claimed to have seen fairies. Did she not pass in the region for a soothsayer and sorceress?" JOAN DARC (with a firmer voice)--"My god-mother was a good and wise woman." BISHOP CAUCHON--"What priest baptized you at your birth?" JOAN DARC--"Master John Minet, our curate, a holy man." BISHOP CAUCHON--"How old are you?" JOAN DARC--"Nearly nineteen." BISHOP CAUCHON--"Do you know your Pater Noster?" JOAN DARC--"My mother taught it to me, and I recite it mornings and evenings." (She sighs.) BISHOP CAUCHON--"Will you pledge yourself not to flee from the Castle of Rouen, under pain of passing for a heretic?" JOAN DARC (remains silent for a moment and reflects; by degrees she regains her self-assurance; she answers in a firm voice)--"I shall not take that pledge. I will not promise not to seek to flee, if the opportunity offers." RAOUL SAUVAGE (threateningly)--"Your chains will then be doubled, to keep you from escaping." JOAN DARC--"It is allowed to all prisoners to escape from their prison."