At noon everyone went away to dinner. Then about one o'clock they set to work again.[1071] The Maid carried the first ladder. As she was putting it up against the rampart, she was struck on the shoulder over the right breast, by an arrow shot so straight that half a foot of the shaft pierced her flesh.[1072] She knew that she was to be wounded; she had foretold it to her King, adding that he must employ her all the same. She had announced it to the people of Orleans and spoken of it to her chaplain[1073] on the previous day; and certainly for the last five days she had been doing her best to make the prophecy come true.[1074] When the English saw that the arrow had pierced her flesh they were greatly encouraged: they believed that if blood were drawn from a witch all her power would vanish. It made the French very sad. They carried her apart. Brother Pasquerel and Mugot, the page, were with her. Being in pain, she was afraid and wept.[1075] As was usual when combatants were wounded in battle, a group of soldiers surrounded her; some wanted to charm her. It was a custom with men-at-arms to attempt to close wounds by muttering paternosters over them. Spells were cast by means of incantations and conjurations. Certain paternosters had the power of stopping hemorrhage. Papers covered with magic characters were also used. But it meant having recourse to the power of devils and committing mortal sin. Jeanne did not wish to be charmed. [Footnote 1071: "Post prandium," says Brother Pasquerel (_Trial_, vol. iii, p. 108). Cf. the evidence of Dunois (_Ibid._, p. 8).] [Footnote 1072: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 79. Eberhard Windecke, p. 172.] [Footnote 1073: _Trial_, vol. iii, p. 109.] [Footnote 1074: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 292. Clerk of _La Chambre des Comptes_ of Brabant, in _Trial_, vol. iv, p. 426.] [Footnote 1075: _Trial_, vol. iii, p. 109. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, pp. 292, 293.] "I would rather die," she said, "than do anything I knew to be sin or contrary to God's will." Again she said: "I know that I am to die. But I do not know when or how, neither do I know the hour. If my wound may be healed without sin then am I willing to be made whole."[1076] [Footnote 1076: _Trial_, vol. iii, p. 109 (Pasquerel's evidence).] Her armour was taken off. The wound was anointed with olive oil and fat, and, when it was dressed, she confessed to Brother Pasquerel, weeping and groaning. Soon she beheld coming to her her heavenly counsellors, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret. They wore crowns and emitted a sweet fragrance. She was comforted.[1077] She resumed her armour and returned to the attack.[1078] [Footnote 1077: _Ibid._, vol. i, p. 79; vol. iii, p. 110.] [Footnote 1078: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 293.]