“After that we rode back into the city. All the bells were ringing, and everyone was celebrating and giving thanks to God. Most people went to church to give thanks, and even the older women of Orléans who had wanted to keep the French soldiers out of the town for fear of their intentions with their daughters now welcomed them in and fed them as if they were their own sons.
“I went back to Boucher’s house, and a surgeon was called to dress my wound. I had not eaten all day, so I had some bread soaked in wine and water. I remember that earlier in the morning before I rode out, a citizen had brought me a fish and suggested I eat it before I left. I told him to keep it for me ‘til evening because I would bring them a godon then. Godon was what we called the English because of their habit of
