"What could have put those strange ideas in her head?...Grieving and brooding over the woes of France had weakened that strong mind, and filled it with fantastic phantoms--yes, that must be it.
But I watched her, and tested her, and it was not so. Her eye was clear and sane, her ways were natural, her speech direct and to the point. No, there was nothing the matter with her mind; it was still the soundest in the village and the best. She went on thinking for others, just as always before. She went on ministering to her sick and to her poor, and still stood ready to give the wayfarer her bed and content herself with the floor. There was a secret somewhere, but madness was not the key to it."
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Mark Twain's biography about St. Joan of Arc really great. Did you know that since it is in the public domain you can find the whole book online at places like:
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Tell everyone they can read it there free.
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