Having received a report that Joan of Arc had again donned men's clothing, Bishop Pierre Cauchon and other members of the court confronted the maid in her prison cell.

In response to Bishop Cauchon's demand for an explanation, Joan referred to her continued confinement in an English military prison. She said, "I did it of my own will because it was more lawful and convenient than to have women's clothes when I am with men; I began to wear them again because what was promised me was not observed - that I should go to Mass and receive the body of Christ and be freed from these irons." The court had not fulfilled its promise to transfer Joan to a church prison with women guards.

The questioning proceeded:

Cauchon: Since Thursday, have you heard the voices of Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret?

Joan: Yes.

Cauchon: What have they told you?

Joan: God has expressed through Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret His great sorrow at the strong treason to which I consented in abjuring and making a revocation to save my life, and said that I was damning myself to save my life.