She smiled because, though she said it was impossible for him to know, she was sure in her heart that he not only knew Agatha Mikhaylovna, but that he knew and understood everything, even many things that no one else knew, and which she, his mother, had learnt to know and understand through him.
Sonreía porque, a pesar de lo que decía, en el fondo de su corazón le constaba, no sólo que el niño conocía a Agafia Mijailovna, sino que conocía y comprendía muchas cosas que todos ignoraban, y que ella, su propia madre, sólo había llegado a saber gracias a él.