Where will you be when Babel builds my fire?
Will you not flee and label me pariah?
Where will you be my darling?
Where will you be when they light my pyre?
One of the things that's been played down in biographies of Gilles & (especially!) Jehanne is that we know exactly where he was. He was at Louviers, about 12 miles away, & he had an army with him, so it's likely he was planning a rescue attempt that went wrong. Why wouldn't he? He'd saved her life twice, in battle...
Where will you be when Babel builds my fire? Will you not flee and label me pariah? Where will you be my darling? Where will you be when they light my pyre?
One of the things that's been played down in biographies of Gilles & (especially!) Jehanne is that we know exactly where he was. He was at Louviers, about 12 miles away, & he had an army with him, so it's likely he was planning a rescue attempt that went wrong. Why wouldn't he? He'd saved her life twice, in battle...