"
Indeed it seemed plain to all that the Generals had made a great
blunder; for though we marched on to Checy, where Dunois met us,
and whence some of the provisions brought for the starving city
could be dispatched in the boats assembled there, it was plain that
there was no transport sufficient for the bulk of the army; and the
Maid, as she and Dunois stood face to face, at last regarded him
with a look of grave and searching scrutiny.
"Are you he whom men call the Bastard of Orleans?"
"Lady, I am; and I come to welcome you with gladness, for we are
sore beset by our foes; yet all within the city are taking heart of
grace, believing that a Deliverer from Heaven has been sent to
them."
"They think well," answered the Maid, "and right glad am I to come.
But wherefore have I been led hither by this bank, instead of the
one upon which Talbot and his English lie?"
"Lady, the wisest of our leaders held that this would be the safest
way."
"The counsel of God and our Lord is more sure and more powerful
than that of generals and soldiers," she answered gravely.
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