. . . . Another time, when she was in Rome, a little before Christmas, Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded her to go to her ghostly father, Wenslawe by name, and bid him give her leave to wear again her white clothes, for he had put her therefrom by virtue of obedience, as is written before. And when she told him the will of Our Lord, he durst not once say "nay." So wore she white clothes ever after.

     Then Our Lord bade her that she should, at Christmas, go home again to her host's house, where she was at hostel before. And then she went to a poor woman, that she served at that time by the bidding of her confessor, as is written before, and told the poor woman how she must go from her. Then the poor woman was right sorry and made great trouble over her departure. This creature told her how it was the will of God that it should be so, and then she took it the more easily.

     Afterwards, when this creature was in Rome, Our Lord bade her give away all her money, and make herself bare for His love. And anon she, with a fervent desire to please God, gave away such money as she had, and such as she had borrowed also from the broken-backed man who went with her. When he found that she had given away his money, he was greatly moved and evil pleased because she had done so, and spake right sharply to her. Then she said to him:

     "Richard, by the grace of God, we shall come home into England right well, and ye shall come to me in Bristol in the Whitsun week, and there shall I pay you right well and truly, by the grace of God. For I trust right well that He Who bade me give it away for His love, will help me to pay it again."

     And so He did.