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The Awakening of Lazarus 119“Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in theresurrection at the last day.“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he thatbelieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.“And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.Believest thou this?“She saith unto him,” – and drawing a painful breath, Soniaread distinctly and forcibly as though she were making a publicconfession of faith – “Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ,the Son of God, which should come into the world.”She stopped and looked up quickly at him, but controllingherself went on reading. Raskolnikov sat without moving, hiselbows on the table and his eyes turned away. She read on to thethirty-second verse.“Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him,she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadstbeen here, my brother had not died.“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews alsoweeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and wastroubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him,Lord, come and see.“Jesus wept.“Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!“And some of them said, Could not this Man, which openedthe eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should nothave died?”Raskolnikov turned and looked at her with emotion. Yes, hehad known it! She was trembling in a real physical fever. He hadexpected it. She was getting near the story of the greatest miracle,and a feeling of immense triumph came over her. Her voice rangout like a bell; triumph and joy gave it power. The lines danced