[Footnote 997: _Journal du siege_, pp. 51, 52.] [Footnote 998: Beaucroix, in his evidence, says it was Jean d'Aulon (_Trial_, vol. iii, p. 79); but, according to his own testimony, d'Aulon was then following the Bastard (_Ibid._, vol. iii, p. 210).] [Footnote 999: _Ibid._, vol. iii, p. 79. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 286. P. Mantellier, _Histoire du siege_, p. 85.] On that day there entered into the city the little garrisons of Gien, of Chateau-Regnard, and of Montargis.[1000] But the Blois army did not come. On the morrow, at daybreak, it was descried in the plain of La Beauce. And, indeed, the Sire de Rais and his company, escorted by the Marshal de Boussac and my Lord the Bastard, were skirting the Forest of Orleans.[1001] At these tidings the citizens must needs exclaim that the Maid had been right in wishing to march straight against Talbot since the captains now followed the very road she had indicated. But in reality it was not just as they thought. Only one part of the Blois army had risked forcing its way between the western bastions; the convoy, with its escort, like the first convoy, was coming through La Sologne and was to enter the town by water. Those arrangements for the entrance of supplies, which, in the first instance, had proved successful, were naturally now repeated.[1002] [Footnote 1000: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 287.] [Footnote 1001: _Ibid._, p. 287. _Journal du siege_, p. 81. Abbe Dubois, _Histoire du siege_, dissertation ix. Lottin, _Recherches_, vol. i, p. 205. Loiseleur, _Comptes des depenses_, ch. vii.] [Footnote 1002: On the 4th of May, as on the 29th of April, the corn was brought down the Loire. Indeed there exists a bill which makes mention of "sailors who brought the corn which came from Blois on the 4th day of May," "_nottoniers qui amenerent les bles qui furent amenes de Blois le iiij'e jour de may_" (Boucher de Molandon, _Premiere expedition de Jeanne d'Arc_, pp. 58, 59).] Captain La Hire and certain other commanders, who had remained in the city with five hundred fighting men, went out to meet the Sire de Rais, the Marshal de Boussac and the Bastard. The Maid mounted her horse and went with them. They passed through the English lines; and, a little further on, having met the army, they returned to the town together. The priests, and among them Brother Pasquerel bearing the banner, were the first to pass beneath the Paris bastion, singing psalms.[1003] [Footnote 1003: The 4th of May, _Trial_, vol. iii, pp. 105, 211. _Journal du siege_, p. 81. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 287.] Jeanne dined at Jacques Boucher's house with her steward, Jean d'Aulon. When the table was cleared, the Bastard, who had come to the treasurer's house, talked with her for a moment. He was gracious and polite, but spoke with restraint.