Excerpt from Olive, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel<br><br>But she did not forget. Selfish, worldly mourners are they, who think that the memory of the beloved lost can only be kept green by tears. Olive Rothesay was not of these. To her, her mother's depar ture appeared no more like death, than did one Divine parting - with reverence be it spoken l - appear to those who stood and looked heavenward from the hill of Bethany.<br><br>And thus should we think upon all happy and holy deaths if we fully and truly believed the faith we aver.<br><br>Olive did not forget her mother - she could as soon have forgotten her own soul.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.