palladius writes that isidora was detested to the point that the other sisters would not eat with her (something that she purportedly preferred). it was noted that none of the four hundred sisters ever saw isidora “chewing” (eating a formal meal) during the years of her life. rather palladius writes “she never sat at table, nor partook of a piece of bread, but wiping up the crumbs from the tables and washing the kitchen pots she was content with what she got in this way”, suggesting that isidora subsisted mainly on crumbs left behind from the other sisters and the dishwater she used for cleaning. palladius also writes that despite everything, “never did she insult any one nor grumble nor talk either little or much, although she was cuffed and insulted and cursed and execrated.”