"Did you pray at the grave? Did you have the requiem sung?"
"Yes."
"So the priest was at home?"
"Of course he was, or who would have performed the requiem?"
"Oh, yes, certainly. And the two sextons, were they there? Did they sing: 'Eternal memory?'"
"Yes, they did."
"Yes, eternal memory! May she rest in peace. She was a good, kind woman."
Yudushka rose from his seat, faced the ikon and offered up a prayer.
"Well, and how did you find things in Pogorelka, everything in good shape?"
"I don't know, really. I think everything is in its proper place."