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Speaker 1: Season six, episode thirty, The Inextinguishable Fire. Having successfully routed

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Speaker 1: Joan and her fellow soldiers enjoyed a riotous dinner together.

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Speaker 1: Spirits were high as Father Jean Pasquarell, who by their

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Speaker 1: by the godly child. It was hard to deny the

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Speaker 1: could only stare at her in disbelief. She'd been right before,

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Speaker 1: there was no reason to doubt her now. At the time,

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Speaker 1: military superiors. With victory and the soldier's morale so finally

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Speaker 1: in the balance, it was decided that Joan should stay

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Speaker 1: As the seventeen year old Joan slumped to the floor,

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Speaker 1: It was clear then to Cushon and his colleagues that

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