Later on, when he accidentally heard from his nurse that she was not dead, and his father and Lydia Ivanovna explained that to him she was dead because she was bad (which he could not at all believe, for he loved her), he continued to look out for and wait for her.
Quando poi aveva saputo, per caso, dalla njanja che sua madre non era morta, e quando il padre e Lidija Ivanovna gli spiegarono che era morta per lui perché era cattiva (alla quale cosa non credeva in nessun modo perché l’amava), egli la cercò e l’aspettò sempre allo stesso modo.