For Agatha Mikhaylovna, for the nurse, for his grandfather and even for his father, Mitya was a living being requiring only material care, but for his mother he had already long been a moral being, with whom she had already had a long series of spiritual relations.
Per Agaf’ja Michajlovna, per la njanja, per il nonno, perfino per il padre, Mitja era un essere vivo che esigeva per sé soltanto cure materiali; ma per la madre egli era da tempo un essere morale, con cui c’era già tutta una storia di rapporti spirituali.