AlyoshawasmysteriouslysummonedbyamonktoseeRakitin, 'sblessing, therehadbeenanoldwomanfromthetown, asergeant'swidow, , Vassenka, whohadgonetoIrkutsk, , forbiddinghertodoso, , andadded, "asthoughreadingthebookofthefuture" (thiswasMadameHohlakov'sexpression), wordsofcomfort: "thathersonVassyawascertainlyaliveandhewouldeithercomehimselfveryshortlyorsendaletter, andthatshewastogohomeandexpecthim." And "Wouldyoubelieveit?" exclaimedMadameHohlakoventhusiastically, "theprophecyhasbeenfulfilledliterallyindeed, andmorethanthat." ; intheletterwrittenontheroadfromEkaterinenburg, VassyainformedhismotherthathewasreturningtoRussiawithanofficial, andthatthreeweeksafterherreceivingtheletterhehoped "toembracehismother."
MadameHohlakovwarmlyentreatedAlyoshatoreportthisnew "miracleofprediction" totheSuperiorandallthebrotherhood."All, all, oughttoknowofit!" , , "toinformmostrespectfullyhisreverenceFatherPa?ssy, thathe, Rakitin, hasamattertospeakofwithhim, ofsuchgravitythathedarenotdeferitforamoment, andhumblybegsforgivenessforhispresumption." AsthemonkhadgiventhemessagetoFatherPa?ssybeforethattoAlyosha, thelatterfoundafterreadingtheletter, therewasnothingleftforhimtodobuttohandittoFatherPa?ssyinconfirmationofthestory.
Andeventhataustereandcautiousman, thoughhefrownedashereadthenewsofthe "miracle," , andagraveandsolemnsmilecameintohislips.
"Weshallseegreaterthings!" brokefromhim.
"Weshallseegreaterthings, greaterthingsyet!" themonksaroundrepeated.
