I went back to studying the sad glass face of St Martin.
Finally Joan continued. “One thing that pleased me greatly was the appointment of my beau duc, d’Alençon, to Lieutenant-General. He was put in charge of the army.
beau duc“D’Alençon and I returned to Orléans on 9 June—almost a month to the day since our victory. The citizens were as warm and welcoming as ever. We used Orléans for our base over the next week. After spending a night in Orléans, we rode out accompanied by six hundred lances. We spent the night in a wood and were joined the following morning by Dunois and Florent d’Illiers with their men. There was some considerable discussion as to whether or not to attack Jargeau again. You remember that Dunois already had one go at it and failed.
“Jargeau was occupied by a force le
