The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Page #4
FATHER:
Listen, Jeanne... your Uncle and
Aunt are taking you to their house
for a few weeks... just to give us
time to rebuild what we can.
Jeanne looks at him blankly, her thoughts too deep for
tears.
Jeanne sits on the back of a small hay-wagon. Her Uncle
and Aunt are up front, eyes on the barren, devastated
countryside ahead, while Jeanne gazes fixedly on the road
behind. From her POV: the receding figures of her
parents, gradually merging with the dusty landscape.
INT. DAXART'S HOUSE - NIGHT
A large, low room, almost identical to Jeanne's house: a
bare, earthen floor with chickens running about, and a
huge cave of a fireplace. The Aunt doles out soup from a
cauldron -- first to her husband, then to Jeanne.
DAXART:
Lord, we give thanks for the food
you have given us. Teach us always
to love this land, and to save it
from those who seek to destroy it.
Amen.
Jeanne says nothing -- noted by Daxart. His wife nudges
him with a gesture to let her be.
Daxart opens the door to an attic room, his wife standing
behind him with Jeanne. She wanders into the room, tidy
but sparse, and sits on the edge of the bed. Daxart looks
a little put out.
DAXART:
So... good night then.
The Aunt understands Jeanne better than her husband, and
leads him from the room.
INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - NIGHT
The Daxarts share the communal sleeping area with a couple
of goats and a mangy dog. Daxart is settling down to
sleep, but his wife lies awake.
AUNT:
What's going to happen to her?
DAXART:
She'll be fine. She'll grow up...
find a good man... make him some
children. Don't worry -- she's been
hurt, but she'll survive. Tomorrow
she'll be as right as rain, you'll
see.
Daxart opens the door to the attic. Jeanne has not moved:
she's still sitting on the bed like the day before.
JEANNE:
I want to see a priest.
Christ, crucified in stained glass. A silver cup is
raised in blessing...
The local PRIEST, much older than the one at Domremy,
lowers the cup, filled with wine in preparation for the
Mass. The Daxarts enter the church at the far end, with
Jeanne between them. The Priest is expecting her.
INT. CONFESSIONAL BOX - DAY
Jeanne sits in the shielded darkness of the confessional
box. She clutches at her little wooden cross and at last
begins to cry.
PRIEST:
I heard about your sister, and I...
understand your pain...
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