Esther tried to reassure her. “I believe you are gifted,” she said. “That is why I agreed to teach you. But you are young, and you must learn patience. I do not doubt that you will work hard, but you are still searching for the easiest answers. You still think illness can be cured with a pill or a powder and a few old words. You still think that the outcome is something you can control.” “But isn’t that true? You do control it! I’ve seen what you do—things the doctors couldn’t, things no one can explain. You saved Irving! You gave a barren woman a child! You made Bess know she wanted to marry
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