Buttheaccountdoesnotendhere。M。Wallon，inhiselaboratehistoryofJeanned’Arc，statesthatin1436thesupposedMaidvisitedFrance，andappearstohavemetsomeofthemen-at-armswithwhomshehadfought。In1439shecametoOrleans，forintheaccountsofthetownweread，“July28，fortenpintsofwinepresentedtoJeannedesArmoises，14sous。“Andonthedayofherdeparture，thecitizensofOrleans，byaspecialdecreeofthetown-council，presentedherwith210livres，“fortheserviceswhichshehadrenderedtothesaidcityduringthesiege。“Atthesametimetheannualceremoniesforthereposeofhersoulwere，quitenaturally，suppressed。NowwemayaskifitisatallprobablethatthepeopleofOrleans，who，tenyearsbefore，duringthesiege，musthaveseentheMaiddayafterday，andtowhomherwholeappearancemusthavebeenperfectlyfamiliar，wouldhavebeenlikelytoshowsuchattentionsasthesetoanimpostor？“In1440，“saysMr。Delepierre，“thepeoplesofirmlybelievedthatJeanned’Arcwasstillalive，andthatanotherhadbeensacrificedinherplace，thatanadventuresswhoendeavouredtopassherselfoffastheMaidofOrleanswasorderedbythegovernmenttobeexposedbeforethepubliconthemarblestoneofthepalacehall，inordertoprovethatshewasanimpostor。WhywerenotsuchmeasurestakenagainsttherealMaidofOrleans，whoismentionedinsomanypublicdocuments，andwhotooknopainstohideherself？“
Thereisyetanotherdocumentbearingonthiscase，drawnfromtheaccountsoftheauditoroftheOrleansestate，intheyear1444，whichwewillheretranslate。“AnislandontheRiverLoireisrestoredtoPierreduLis，knight，’onaccountofthesupplicationofthesaidPierre，allegingthatfortheacquittalofhisdebtofloyaltytowardourLordtheKingandM。theDukeofOrleans，helefthiscountrytocometotheserviceoftheKingandM。theDuke，accompaniedbyhissister，JeannetheMaid，withwhom，downtothetimeofherdeparture，andsince，untothepresenttime，hehasexposedhisbodyandgoodsinthesaidservice，andintheKing’swars，bothinresistingtheformerenemiesofthekingdomwhowerebesiegingthetownofOrleans，andsincethenindiversenterprises，’&c。，&c。“UponthisMr。
Delepierrejustlyremarksthatthebrothermighthavepresentedhisclaimsinamuchstrongerlight，“ifin1444，“insteadofsaying’uptothetimeofherdeparture，’hehadbroughtforwardthemartyrdomofhissister，ashavingbeenthemeansofsavingFrancefromtheyokeofEngland。“Theexpressionherecitedanditalicizedintheabovetranslation，mayindeedbeheldtoreferdelicatelytoherdeath，buttheparticularFrenchphraseemployed，“jusquesasonabsentement，“apparentlyexcludessuchaninterpretation。Theexpression，ontheotherhand，mightwellrefertoJeanne’sdepartureforLorraine，andhermarriage，afterwhichthereisnoevidencethatshereturnedtoFrance，exceptforbriefvisits。ThusanotableamountofevidencegoestoshowthatJeannewasnotputtodeathin1431，asusuallysupposed，butwasalive，married，andflourishingin1444。Uponthissupposition，certainallegeddifficultiesinthetraditionalaccountareeasilydisposedof。Mr。DelepierreurgesuponthetestimonyofPercevaldeCagny，thatattheexecutioninRouen“thevictim’sfacewascoveredwhenwalkingtothestake，whileatthesametimeaspothadbeenchosenfortheexecutionthatpermittedthepopulacetohaveagoodview。Whythiscontradiction？Aplaceischosentoenablethepeopletoseeeverything，butthevictimiscarefullyhiddenfromtheirsight。“
Whetherotherwiseexplicableornot，thisfactiscertainlyconsistentwiththehypothesisthatsomeothervictimwassecretlysubstitutedforJeannebytheEnglishauthorities。
Wehavethusfarcontentedourselveswithpresentingandre-enforcingMr。Delepierre’sstatementofthecase。Itisnowtimetointerposealittlecriticism。Wemustexamineourdatasomewhatmoreclosely，forvaguenessofconceptionallowsalatitudetobeliefwhichaccuracyofconceptionconsiderablyrestricts。