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But Miss Dilly was ill now and unable to do her part ; and what was worse , and more , she had lost her wonted cheerful and gay way of looking at things . That the little Frenchwoman never lost ; but it takes two to keep up a shuttlecock , and Faith was welcome in that house . What work she did there for the next two or three weeks was best known -- not to herself -- but to the two old ladies whose hearts she cheered . And they knew not all ; they did not know the leap of Faith 's heart at the thought of home , whenever , morning or noon or night , it came into her head . She kept it out of her head as much as she could . And she went about from the top to the bottom of the house , even after the first day she came , the same sort of sunbeam she was at home . She took in hand Miss Danforth 's broom and duster , and did Cindy 's part of setting cups and saucers ; but that was a small matter .