Scene V A Knight [in Haste]
Charles. How now?
Knight.The enemy has pass’d the Marne;
Is forming as for battle.
Joanna [as if inspired]. Arms and battle!
My soul has cast away its bonds! To arms!
Prepare yourselves, while I prepare the rest![She hastens out
[Trumpets sound with a piercing tone, and while the scene is changing pass into a wild tumultuous sound of battle.]