and from this time the weight of sorrow was greatly lightened for her young heart . every morning , to gather strength for the day 's duties before her , and every evening , for consolation before she lay down to rest , did the young girl take out the mirror and gaze at the reflection which in the simplicity of her innocent heart she believed to be her mother 's soul . daily she grew in the likeness of her dead mother 's character , and was gentle and kind to all , and a dutiful daughter to her father . a year spent in mourning had thus passed away in the little household , when , by the advice of his relations , the man married again , and the daughter now found herself under the authority of a step - mother . it was a trying position ; but her days spent in the recollection of her own beloved mother , and of trying to be what that mother would wish her to be , had made the young girl docile and patient , and she now determined to be filial and dutiful to her father 's wife , in all respects . everything went on apparently smoothly in the family for some time under the new regime ; there were no winds or waves of discord to ruffle the surface of every - day life , and the father was content .
the likeness of her dead mother 's character .
what did the daughter grow to in ?
what did the daughter grow to in ?