All those near to him who lived good lives were people who believed: the old Prince, Lvov, of whom he had grown so fond, his brother Koznyshev, and all the womenfolk. His wife believed as he had done in early childhood, and ninety-nine out of a hundred of the Russian people, the whole of the people whose lives he most respected, also believed.
Todos los hombres buenos que conocía y con quienes mantenía relaciones eran creyentes. El anciano Príncipe, Lvov, a quien tanto estimaba, Sergio Ivanovich, todas las mujeres, y hasta su propia esposa, creían lo que él creyera en su infancia y adolescencia, y lo mismo el noventa y nueve por ciento del pueblo ruso, aquel pueblo cuya vida le inspiraba tanto respeto, y que era creyente casi en su totalidad.