While I was with him a young priest also arrived to visit another resident. He asked if he could "say hello" to Mgr Miles and, as the three of us chatted, I asked him how he came to know the Monsignor. His reply was: "Everybody knows - or knows of - Mgr Fred Miles."

On another occasion, I accompanied Mgr Miles to a celebratory Mass at Allen Hall seminary. Monsignor and I sat in the congregation, while a number of priests concelebrated the Mass with Westminster's Vicar General, Mgr Seamus O'Boyle. The priests processed up the aisle and, as Mgr O'Boyle drew level with us, he paused, reached over and shook the hand of Mgr Miles, before continuing his procession.