Abbot Berthun also told the story of another miracle not unlike the previous one performed by the bishop. He said: ‘Not far from our monastery, about two miles distant, stood the country house of a thegn named Puch, whose wife had been suffering from an acute complaint for forty days, and for three weeks it had been impossible to move her from the room where she lay. It had happened at the time that the man of God had been invited there by the thegn to dedicate a church; and when he had done this, the thegn asked him to dine in his house. The bishop declined, saying that he must return to the monastery, which was close by. But the thegn pressed him even more earnestly, promising to give alms to the poor if only the bishop would consent to come into his house to break his fast. I supported the thegn’s request and also promised to give alms to the poor if he would go in to have a meal in the thegn’s house and give his blessing. After much difficulty, we persuaded him, and went in for some food. Meanwhile, at the hands of one of the brethren who had come with us, the bishop had sent the sick woman some of the holy water that he had blessed for the dedication of the church, telling him to give her some of it to drink and to apply some as a lotion to the place where the worst pain lay. When this had been done, the woman immediately got up cured. Then finding herself not only relieved of her long illness but restored to her former strength, she brought a cup to the bishop and us and, having performed this duty, continued to serve us with drink until the close of the meal. In this she followed the example of Saint Peter’s wife’s mother, who after being troubled by a burning fever was restored to health and activity at the touch of the Lord’s hand and immediately arose and ministered to them.’