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"Ascensita fell senseless by the side of the cradle containing her dying child. When she returned to herself Diego alone was at her side. The unhappy mother placed her ear to the child's lips, and perceived that it still breathed.
In the last a young girl is educated by an infidel father, and after his death marries Diego, a village lad. She becomes a mother, but still retains in her heart the seeds of atheism sown there by her father. Her child, a girl, becomes ill, and a doctor is sent for from Bilbao. "The doctor was long in coming, and Ascensita was devoured by impatience and uncertainty.
"A woman who was praying in a corner of the temple arose weeping with joy and grief, and hastened to clasp the unhappy mother in her arms and call her daughter. It was her husband's mother, Agustina, who had also gone to the temple to pray for the restoration of the child. "'Mother, exclaimed Ascensita, 'I believe in God! I believe in God and hope in His mercy!
He arrived at last, and examined the child attentively, observing a deep silence, which caused the poor mother the most sorrowful anxiety. "'Will the daughter of my heart recover? Ascensita asked him in tears. 'For God's sake, speak to me frankly, for this uncertainty is more cruel than the death of my daughter. "'Señora, answered the doctor, 'God alone can save the child.
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