1
Andreas returned to Patras, where Aegeates was now proconsul.
2
Iphidamia came and begged him to visit her mistress Maximilla, wife of Aegeates.
3
Maximilla lay near death with fever.
4
Aegeates stood beside her with a sword, threatening to kill himself if she died.
5
Andreas told him to put away the sword and hinted that another day would come when he would draw power against Andreas himself.
6
Andreas took Maximilla's hand.
7
She broke into sweat and the fever left her.
8
Aegeates offered Andreas a hundred pieces of silver.
9
Andreas refused even to look at the money.
10
He continued through the region healing other sick and blind people.
11
One ulcerated man who had been cast upon the shore was washed and restored.
12
These works prepared the way for Maximilla's deeper commitment to Andreas's teaching.