St Nicholas [serial] . esting the coun-try, and the little band of eighteen or twentywere forced to march by night and conceal them-selves by day. Jeanne it was who planned theroute like a general, seeming to know the opencountry and the forest paths as if she had trav-eled through them all her life, though in realityshe had seldom ventured beyond the limits ofDomremy; and it was strange to see those sea-soned soldiers obey her orders like good were the adventures that befell them ontheir way, but after eleven days of weary travelthey arrived at last before a river, the Loire,and
St Nicholas [serial] . esting the coun-try, and the little band of eighteen or twentywere forced to march by night and conceal them-selves by day. Jeanne it was who planned theroute like a general, seeming to know the opencountry and the forest paths as if she had trav-eled through them all her life, though in realityshe had seldom ventured beyond the limits ofDomremy; and it was strange to see those sea-soned soldiers obey her orders like good were the adventures that befell them ontheir way, but after eleven days of weary travelthey arrived at last before a river, the Loire,and, shabby-looking and bedraggled—all saveJeanne herself, whom nothing could tire—thelittle company entered the friendly town of they rested for a while, but later pushed onto a small village called Fierbois, within a shortdistance of the castle of Chinon, on March 6, 1429. the dauphin who The Maid and her mission would be king. could no longer be concealed. The news of her arrival spread like wildfire, and. JEANNE DARCS VICTORIOUS ENTRY INTO ORLEANS. From the painting by H. 38 JEANNE DARC OF THE FLAMING SWORD [Nov., at Chinon itself the idle, uncrowned King and hishandful of courtiers were inclined to treat thewhole matter as a joke. When Jeanne sent aletter to the Dauphin demanding an audience,they all set to work to see what sport they couldmake of this simple sheep-girl, who dared tothink she could lead the armies of France andraise the siege of Orleans. The Dauphins councilors urged him not tosee her at all. These were Seigneur de La Tre-mouille, the Kings favorite, and Regnault deChartres, Archbishop of Reims, both of whom,from the first, bitterly hated the Maid, andmany another shared their distrust; but, on theother hand, there were envoys from the be-leaguered city of Orlear s, and, stronger than any,the good Queen Yolande of Sicily, mother-in-law to Charles, who took the lonely girl underher protection and insisted on her being received. But th
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