You tell me," said Vassily Lukitch with a smile, which was rare with him.

" Come, lie down, I'm putting out the candle.

" "Without the candle I can see better what I see and what I prayed for.

There! I was almost telling the secret!" said Seryozha, laughing gaily.

When the candle was taken away, Seryozha heard and felt his mother.