BISHOP CAUCHON (with severity, after consulting in a low voice with several of the judges sitting near him)--"The rebellious words of the said Joan having been heard, we shall particularly commit her to the keeping of the noble John Le Gris, a guardsman of our Sire, the King of England and France, and join to John Le Gris the equerries Berwick and Talbot, English men-at-arms. All the three are hereby charged to keep the prisoner, and we recommend to them not to allow anyone to approach her or to speak with her without our permission. (Addressing himself to the tribunal) Those of our very dear brothers who have any question to put to the accused, are now free to do so." A JUDGE--"Joan, do you swear to tell the whole truth? I await your answer." JOAN DARC (with dignity)--"I have sworn; that is enough. I never lie." THE SAME JUDGE--"Did you in your infancy learn to work like the other girls of the fields?" JOAN DARC--"My mother taught me to sew and to spin, and also the labors of the field." ANOTHER JUDGE--"Did you have a confessor?" JOAN DARC--"Yes, the curate of our parish is my confessor and spiritual guide." THE SAME JUDGE--"Did you confess your revelations to your curate or to any other man of the church?" JOAN DARC--"No, I said nothing upon that." The priests exchange meaning glances and a few words in a low voice. THE SAME JUDGE--"Why that secrecy towards your curate?" JOAN DARC--"Had I spoken about my apparitions my father and mother would have opposed my undertaking." ANOTHER JUDGE--"Do you think you committed a sin in leaving your father and your mother, contrary to the precept of the Scriptures--'Thou shalt honor thy father and mother'?" JOAN DARC--"I never disobeyed them before I left them. But I wrote to them; they pardoned me." THE SAME JUDGE--"Accordingly, you think you can violate without sin the commandments of the church?" JOAN DARC--"God commanded me to go to the aid of Orleans. I would not have been the King's servant had I not departed." BISHOP CAUCHON (with a significant look at the judges)--"You claim, Joan, to have had revelations, visions--at what age did that happen to you?" JOAN DARC--"I was then thirteen and a half years old. It was noon, in summer. I had fasted the previous day. I heard the voice, that seemed to proceed from the church. At the same time I saw a great light that dazzled me." BISHOP CAUCHON (slowly and weighing every word)--"You say you heard voices--are you quite certain?" JOAN DARC (to herself: Here is the snare that the good priest warned me against--I shall escape it by telling the truth)--"I heard the voices as clearly as I hear yours, Sir Bishop." BISHOP CAUCHON--"Do you affirm that?" JOAN DARC--"Yes, sir; because it is the truth." BISHOP CAUCHON (lets his eyes travel triumphantly over the tribunal; his gesture is understood; a momentary silence ensues; then to the registrars)--"Have you taken down textually the prisoner's answer?" A REGISTRAR--"Yes, monseigneur."