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Joan has come before the Dauphin (and future King) after much difficulty being granted access by his pompous nobles. She finds him nervous, unsure of himself, and desperate for easy life without fighting being involved. She tells him that she has come on a mission from God to lead his army into battle against the English. Joan bolsters the Dauphin's confidence and encourages him to act like the great King he will become.
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JOAN [to the Dauphin] Who be old Gruff-and-Grum?
CHARLES. He is the Duke de la Trémouille.
JOAN. What be his job?
CHARLES. He pretends to command the army. And whenever I find a friend I can care for, he kills him.
JOAN. Why dost let him?
CHARLES [petulantly moving to the throne side of the room to escape from her magnetic field] How can I prevent him? He
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