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Then first there entered into her heart that mighty faith `` which can remove mountains ; '' that fervent boldness of prayer with the very utterance of which an answer comes . And who dare say that the Angel of that child `` always beholding the face of the Father in Heaven , '' did not stand beside her then , and teach her in faint shadow-ings the mystery of a life to come ? Olive 's awe-struck fancy became a truth -- she never crept to her nurse 's bosom more . By noon that day , Elspie lay in the torpor which marks the last stage of rapid inflammation . She did not even notice the child , who crept in and out of the thronged room , speaking to no one , neither weeping nor trembling , but struck with a strange awe , that made her countenance and `` mien almost unearthly in their quietness . `` Take her away to her parents , '' whispered the physician . But her mother had left home the day before , and Captain Rothesay had been absent a week .