Alyoshaglancedathim, uncoveringhisface, whichwasswollenwithcryinglikeachild's, butturnedawayatoncewithoututteringawordandhidhisfaceinhishandsagain.
"Maybeitiswell," saidFatherPa?ssythoughtfully; "weepifyoumust, Christhassentyouthosetears."
"Yourtouchingtearsarebutarelieftoyourspiritandwillservetogladdenyourdearheart," headdedtohimself, walkingawayfromAlyosha, , however, forhefeltthathetoomightweeplookingathim.
Meanwhilethetimewaspassing; ?ssyagaintookFatherIosif''clockintheafternoonthatsomethingtookplacetowhichIalludedattheendofthelastbook, somethingsounexpectedbyallofusandsocontrarytothegeneralhope, that, Irepeat, , formyselfpersonally, thatIfeelitalmostrepulsivetorecallthateventwhichcausedsuchfrivolousagitationandwassuchastumblingblocktomany, , ofcourse, haveomittedallmentionofitinmystory, ifithadnotexertedaverystronginfluenceontheheartandsoulofthechief, thoughfuture, heroofmystory, Alyosha, formingacrisisandturning-pointinhisspiritualdevelopment, givingashocktohisintellect, whichfinallystrengtheneditfortherestofhislifeandgaveitadefiniteaim.
Andso, 'sbodyinthecoffinandbroughtitintothefrontroom, , onlytoreflectthattheanticipationofdecayandcorruptionfromthebodyofsuchasaintwasanactualabsurdity, callingforcompassion (ifnotasmile) .