BISHOP CAUCHON (to the accused)--"You have often spoken of St. Michael. In what did you recognize that the form that appeared before you was that of the blessed archangel? Could not Satan assume the form of a good angel to lead you to evil?" JOAN DARC--"I recognized St. Michael by the advice he gave me. It was the advice of an angel and not of Satan; it came from heaven, not from hell." A JUDGE--"What advice did he give?" JOAN DARC--"His advice was that I conduct myself as a pious and honest girl; he said to me God would then inspire me, and would aid me to deliver France." THE INQUISITOR OF THE FAITH--"So that you claim not only to have seen a supernatural apparition under the form of St. Michael with your bodily eyes, but you furthermore claim that the figure was actually that of that holy personage?" JOAN DARC--"I affirm it, seeing that I heard it with my ears, seeing that I saw it with my eyes. There is no doubt in my mind concerning the archangel." BISHOP CAUCHON (to the registrars)--"Enter that answer without omitting a syllable." A REGISTRAR--"Yes, monseigneur." Canon Loyseleur, whose face is carefully concealed under his hood, and who for greater security holds a handkerchief to the lower part of his countenance, rises and whispers in the ear of the Bishop; the latter strikes his forehead as if reminded by his accomplice that he had overlooked a matter of grave importance; the canon returns to his seat in the rear. BISHOP CAUCHON--"Joan, when, after you were captured at Compiegne, you were taken to the Castle of Beaurevoir, you threw yourself out of one of the lower towers, did you not?" JOAN DARC--"It is true." BISHOP CAUCHON--"What was the reason of your action?" JOAN DARC--"I heard it said in my prison that I had been sold to the English. I preferred the risk of killing myself to falling into their hands. I endeavored to escape by jumping down from the tower." THE INQUISITOR--"Did you act by the advice of your voices?" JOAN DARC--"No. They advised me to the contrary, saying: 'Take courage; God will come to your help; it is cowardly to flee danger.' But my fear of the English was stronger than the advice of my saints." A JUDGE--"When you jumped out of the tower, had you the intention of killing yourself?" JOAN DARC--"I wished to escape. When I jumped I commended my soul to God, hoping with His help to escape from the English." THE INQUISITOR--"After your fall, did you renounce the Lord and His saints?" JOAN DARC--"I never renounced either God or His saints." A JUDGE--"Did you, at the moment of jumping down from the tower, invoke your saints?" JOAN DARC--"Yes, I invoked them. Despite their having advised me against the move, I invoked through them the protection of God for Gaul, my own deliverance, and the salvation of my soul." THE INQUISITOR--"Since you have been a prisoner in Rouen, have your voices promised you your deliverance?"