Luckily, the local priest preferred natural religion to exorcism, and put his trust in the benevolence of nature to cure her: This enlightened man, of a calm, persuasive disposition, gained some sway over the mind of the patient, and managed to convince her to leave her bed, so that she returned once more to herdomestic chores, and even to digging her garden this was followed by even more successful results, and a cure that lasted three years.