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On the other hand, he suspected Gwen of sorcery..

His suspicions were hardly unreasonable under the circumstances. People were dropping like flies from a magical plague and one man makes a miraculous recovery. By his own account, Gwen was the only person with him at the time and a search of their house unearthed an obviously magical poultice. From Uther's perspective, it was more plausible for Gwen to be responsible than for a sorcerer who didn't know Tom from Adam to decide to heal him and only him.