Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . »*- Sf. ^Sf V^?%>» /r \ T, 5tije or ^ ; <^flT<:. .© DOMREMY AND THE MAID for him the whole flock of the commune, was fulfillingher sixteenth year. (Jeanne dArc, by M. Wallon,Vol. I, p. 32.) It was Joan of Arc, whom all the neigh-bors called Joannette. She was no recluse; she oftenwent with her companions to sing and eat cakes besidethe fountain by the gooseberry bush, under an old beech,which was called the fairy-tree; but dancing she did notlike. She was constant at church, she delighted in thesound of the bells, she often went to con
Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . »*- Sf. ^Sf V^?%>» /r \ T, 5tije or ^ ; <^flT<:. .© DOMREMY AND THE MAID for him the whole flock of the commune, was fulfillingher sixteenth year. (Jeanne dArc, by M. Wallon,Vol. I, p. 32.) It was Joan of Arc, whom all the neigh-bors called Joannette. She was no recluse; she oftenwent with her companions to sing and eat cakes besidethe fountain by the gooseberry bush, under an old beech,which was called the fairy-tree; but dancing she did notlike. She was constant at church, she delighted in thesound of the bells, she often went to confession and com-munion, and she blushed when her friends taxed her witlibeing too religious. In 1421, when Joan was hardly nine,a band of Anglo-Burgundians penetrated into her coun-try and transferred thither the ravages of war. Thevillage of Domremy and the little town of Vaucouleurswere French and faithful to the French kingship; andJoan wept to see the lads of her parish returning bruisedand bleeding from encounters with the enemy. Her re
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