... the morning of the next day, and announced that she was to be handed over to the Secular Justice and burnt. "Helas!" she cried, with all the natural terror of a woman, "me traite-t-on si horriblement et cruellement, qu'il faille que mon corps net et entier, qui ne fut jamais corrompu, soit aujourd'hui consume et rendu en cendres!" She then confessed to Ladvenu, and after some discussion the sacred elements were brought to her, without any of the ... — The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
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