Youmayconceivehowjoyoustheywereinthatpoorcottage，onanightsoblessed，andhowBrotherThomastoldusoftheholyColette，thatfamousnunandMotherinChrist，ashethathadoftenbeeninhercompany。Hehadseenherbodyliftedintheairwhilesheremainedinapiousecstasy，hermindsoaringaloftandherfleshlybodyfollowingitsomeway。
Hehadoftenwatchedthatsnow-whitebeastwhichfollowedher，suchacreatureasisknowninnocountryofthesinfulworld，butisathingofParadise。AndhehadtriedtocaressthiswondrouscreatureofGod，butvainly，fornonebuttheholysisterColettemayhandleit。Concerninghermiraclesofhealing，too，hetoldus，allofwhichwealreadyknewforverytruth，andstillknowonbetterwarrantythanhis。
Yemaybelievethat，lateandatlast，BrotherThomashadhischoiceofthewarmestplacetosleepin——bythe\"four，\"asisthewontofpilgrims，forinhishumilitythisholymanwouldnotsufferthefarmer\'swifeandthefarmertogivehimtheirbed，astheydesired。
I，too，wasverykindlyentreatedbytheyounglads，butIcouldscarcelysleepformarvellingatthesemiraclesdonebyonesounworthy；andgreat，indeed，Ideemed，mustbethevirtueofthatrelicwhichwroughtsuchsignsinthehandsofanevilman。ButI
havesinceheldthathefeignedallbyartmagicandverysorcery，for，aswewendednextmorningonourroad，heplainlytoldme，trulyorfalsely，thathehadpickeduptheblackenedfinger-boneoutoftheloathlyashesofthedeadintheburnedcastlenearRuffec。