From his childhood the thought of death and the presence of death had something oppressive and mysteriously awful ; and it was long since he had heard the requiem service . And there was something else here as well , too awful and disturbing . He looked at the children : they were all kneeling by the coffin ; Polenka was weeping . Behind them Sonia prayed , softly and , as it were , timidly weeping .
С детства мысль о смерти и присутствии смерти имела что-то гнетущее и загадочно-ужасное; и давно уже он не слышал панихиду. И было здесь еще кое-что, слишком ужасное и тревожное. Он посмотрел на детей: они все стояли на коленях у гроба; Поленька плакала. За ними молилась Соня, тихо и как бы робко плача.
