St Nicholas [serial] . stpone her plans. The King was advised to fall backward in-stead of pushing forward as Jeanne had wished;her enemies were growing as her fame spread,and, shame be it said, there were many, evenamong the French themselves, who would havebetrayed her had they dared. England had rea-son for her capture, but France—ah, there wasthe pity! Delays and petty subterfuges of theKing lost them Paris, and Jeanne, who had neverbeen defeated by the enemy, was defeated by herown ungrateful King. She sadly hung up herwhite armor in St. Denis, and begged to go the King refused;
St Nicholas [serial] . stpone her plans. The King was advised to fall backward in-stead of pushing forward as Jeanne had wished;her enemies were growing as her fame spread,and, shame be it said, there were many, evenamong the French themselves, who would havebetrayed her had they dared. England had rea-son for her capture, but France—ah, there wasthe pity! Delays and petty subterfuges of theKing lost them Paris, and Jeanne, who had neverbeen defeated by the enemy, was defeated by herown ungrateful King. She sadly hung up herwhite armor in St. Denis, and begged to go the King refused; he would need her still,he said; in truth, La Tremouille wished to keepher where he could best oppose her. Her voices now came to her. Remain at ! they said, and Jeanne determined to stay, even if the King left,for Gods commands wereabove his. But the King de-cided to march, and com-pelled Jeanne to go with them, and because shehad been wounded at the siege of Paris and JEANNES VISIONS AND THE KINGS FRIENDS ANDENEMIES. THE TOWER AT BAUREVOIR IN WHICH JEANNEWAS IMPRISONED. was still weak, she was forced to submit. Afterthat the glorious army of heroes was disbandedby the Kings orders, and Jeannes heart wasnearly broken. If only she had not been wounded ! This was in September. From that time theskies grew dark for the poor Maid. For monthsshe was forced to inactivity, while the Kingidled away the time in pleasure. She was al-lowed once or twice to makesmall forays, but they werechilds play to the restlessspirit. Her friends —and there were many atcourt—felt sorry for her, but her enemies wereworking secretly, as we shall see, and La Tre-mouille was already bartering for her betrayalwith the English leaders. Once their prisoner, it would be an easy mat-ter to hold the rest of their possessions inFrance. Once rid of Jeanne at court and fromthe Kings side, La Tremouilles way would beeasy. But she must be taken in battle. Manya time she barely escaped captur
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