Massieu, who had helped Joan as much as he dared as he escorted her to and from the trial and to the cemetery, spoke with Joan and asked her why she had gone back on her word and put on the male clothes. Joan told him the story.
“When I put on the woman’s dress, my male clothes were put into a sack and left in the cell. One morning I woke up and asked the guards to free me from my chains so that I could relieve myself. One of the soldiers took the female clothes from me and emptying the male clothes from the sack, threw them on the bed. He then put the female dress into the sack and refused to give it to me. I reminded the guards that wearing male clothes was forbidden to me, but nothing I said could persuade them to give me back the dress. I argued with them ‘til noon, but finally I had
