Partners (2016)
“He is a sort of a symbol of God, she thought. And then her heart would turn to prayer again.
"Oh, my Father, save the dear baby if it is Your will. But save him to grow up a good man and to serve Thee!" Over and over she prayed, and her face was sweet with trust. The doctor noticed it once in an interval. He saw the weary lines, and he saw her drop her face in her hands and close her eyes.
"You are very tired," he said gently. "Why don't you go and lie down for a little while? We can ge...t along nicely without you." She lifted her face, with a kind of shining in it, the shine of real trust, and he didn't understand it.
"Oh, no!" she said. "I'm not so tired! I couldn't lie down now, please." "But you were so tired a minute ago you couldn't hold up your head. You had to close your eyes." "No," she said simply with a shy smile, "I was just praying. I was asking God to make the baby get well if it was His will." "Oh!" said the doctor, startled, abashed!MoreLess
"Oh, my Father, save the dear baby if it is Your will. But save him to grow up a good man and to serve Thee!" Over and over she prayed, and her face was sweet with trust. The doctor noticed it once in an interval. He saw the weary lines, and he saw her drop her face in her hands and close her eyes.
"You are very tired," he said gently. "Why don't you go and lie down for a little while? We can ge...t along nicely without you." She lifted her face, with a kind of shining in it, the shine of real trust, and he didn't understand it.
"Oh, no!" she said. "I'm not so tired! I couldn't lie down now, please." "But you were so tired a minute ago you couldn't hold up your head. You had to close your eyes." "No," she said simply with a shy smile, "I was just praying. I was asking God to make the baby get well if it was His will." "Oh!" said the doctor, startled, abashed!MoreLess
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