Jacquetta is surprised when, on their wedding night, her new husband informs her won't take her virginity, as she is more use to him 'pure'. She isn't exactly happy about the marriage, but feels she has no choice and does her duty to her family. She is also forced to watch Joan's execution and is clearly disturbed by the young woman's death, realising for the first time what happens to women who try to claim power for themselves a male-dominated world.Ī few years later, Jacquetta is betrothed to the much older John, Duke of Bedford. She is present when Joan attempts either escape or suicide by jumping from a tower and tries to stop her. Jacquetta befriends Joan of Arc when she is placed under house arrest - she reluctantly tells Joan's fortune using cards and also learns the symbol for the wheel of fortune from Joan. She teaches Jacquetta the ways of magic, though Jacquetta is uncomfortable with this at first and fears her so-called 'powers'. She is close to her great-aunt, who believes Jacquetta has inherited gifts - including the gift of foresight - from the water goddess Melusina, from whom the women of Luxembourg claim descent.
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