“After a day and a half in Orléans, I urged d’Alençon to get moving again. On the second evening there, I told him I wanted to pay a visit to Meung the next afternoon. That was one of the other towns on the Loire occupied by the English. I told him to have the army ready to start at that time.”
I couldn’t help commenting on this. “D’Alençon was a royal prince and commander in chief of the army. That sounds pretty high-handed of you to be giving him orders.”
Joan did not take offence but explained, “My beau duc and I were friends. We enjoyed each other’s company, and I was very fond of him. He believed in me and trusted me. The next day at Meung, we contented ourselves with giving the English a fright. We took the English garrison on the bridge but left the town alone and continued on to
