. The girl from the Big Horn country . sent her hometo help her mother in the kitchen. A year passed,and Joan having at last convinced the priest and thegovernor of Domremy, was allowed to proceed tothe Dauphin, and declare her message from God. In the last scene, a new Joan, clad in a shininghelmet, a suit of armor, and bearing a shield andspear, rode from the wood into the meadow. Shesat her horse like a knight of old, holding her reinsin her left hand, on which arm she bore her shield,and in her right hand bearing her spear aloft. Inher gray eyes was the memory of the Domremy vi-sions; on h
. The girl from the Big Horn country . sent her hometo help her mother in the kitchen. A year passed,and Joan having at last convinced the priest and thegovernor of Domremy, was allowed to proceed tothe Dauphin, and declare her message from God. In the last scene, a new Joan, clad in a shininghelmet, a suit of armor, and bearing a shield andspear, rode from the wood into the meadow. Shesat her horse like a knight of old, holding her reinsin her left hand, on which arm she bore her shield,and in her right hand bearing her spear aloft. Inher gray eyes was the memory of the Domremy vi-sions; on her face the determination to save hercountry. Before her walked the little priest, whocould not resist glancing back every now and thento be sure Napoleon was not too near his heels. Be-hind her on either side came two armed retainers. As the Maid of Orleans neared the audience, shewas greeted by applause, which pleased her even lessthan it pleased a certain little group in the center ofthe gathering. She rode on toward the end of the. SHE SAT HER HORSE LIKE A KNIGHT OF OLD. The Senior Pageant 305 meadow, where next the woods stood the disguisedDauphin and his courtiers. As she reached the firstof the Dauphins men-at-arms, she halted her steed,swung her armor-clad body lightly to the ground,and advanced with intent gaze toward him, whomshe knew to be Charles, the future king. Meanwhile, Napoleon, weary of this pomp andpageantry, and feeling his back free at last fromknights and emperors, moved slowly to a near-bybirch tree, and began to nibble at its fresh new retainers had followed her, and as there wasno one to forbid him to take refreshment, he ate onundisturbed. Suddenly at his very nose sounded ablare of trumpets. They proclaimed the Domremypeasant girl to be what she had declared herself —the deliverer of her country. But Napoleon knewnothing of proclamations or deliverers. All heknew was that he had been rudely disturbed andneedlessly startled — he, who
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