The Inquisitor informs Warwick that all evidence is in, and they are ready to proceed. Cauchon introduces Warwick to the Inquisitor (Brother John Lemaitre), a seemingly mild, elderly man, and to the chief prosecutor, Canon John D'Estivet. The court has already held six public and nine private examinations, and there seems to be no progress. Warwick, who is forbidden to be present at an ecclesiastical trial, has come to inquire of "Pious Peter" Cauchon about the progress of the trial. Approximately nine months have elapsed since Joan's capture, and, as we learn later, Warwick has ransomed Joan from her captors and has turned her over to the ecclesiastical court to be tried for heresy. This scene is set in a great hall arranged for a trial, with a circular table surrounding a rough wooden stool for the prisoner.
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