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Article: What Tales They Tell!; Illustrations by Boutet de Monvel
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 21, 1987
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Joan of Arc, secure in her vision, protected by God and unafraid
of rulers of earthly realms, kneels to the dauphin, recognizing him
in his disguise.
His courtiers, with curious and disbelieving faces, peer at this
stripling girl, her hair and her doublet cut to unmaidenly lengths.
Her cap is in her hand, her head bare before the hats and high
headdresses of those whose aid she seeks. Amid the vibrant colors of
rich brocades and golden threads, her common soldier's garb stands
out in its simplicity. The carpet is strewn with roses, perhaps the
only time for Joan.
And yet, as she stretches her arm to the dauphin, to whom her
"voices" have led her, you can believe that she has come to ...