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to adore Him.
"'What scruple still weighs upon thy soul, O my sister? Dost thou
so pure an admiration should deter me from that of the Lord?'"
had withdrawn suddenly opened. The judges anxiously whispered together.
to let him know whether this was some scene executed by their orders;
they could not make him understand that they had not prepared this
of the assembly, three women, 'en chemise', with naked feet, each with a
and advanced to the middle of the platform. It was the Superior of the
weeping; the Superior was very pale, but her bearing was firm, and her
example. Everything was in such confusion that no one thought of
which resounded in every corner of the hall:
"In the name of the Holy Trinity, I, Jeanne de Belfiel, daughter of the
of Loudun, ask pardon of God and man.html">man for the crime I have committed in
words were dictated; remorse overwhelms me."
"Bravo!" cried the spectators, clapping their hands. The judges arose;
but did not change countenance.
"Let all be silent," he said, in a sharp voice; "archers, do your duty."
This man felt himself supported by so strong a hand.html">hand that nothing could
Father Lactantius, in a terrible voice, affecting to exorcise the
than did these two words. Jeanne de Belfiel started up in all the beauty
escaped from hell appearing to, her seducer. With her dark eyes she cast
She took two steps toward him with her bare feet, beneath which the
hand, the sword of the avenging angel.
"Silence, impostor!" she cried, with warmth; "the demon who possessed me
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