Nejdanov, who for a long time had not been inside a church, stood in a corner amidst the peasant women, who kept casting sidelong glances at him in between crossing themselves, bowing piously to the ground, and wiping their babies' noses.

涅日丹诺夫已经很久没有进过教堂了，他站在农妇中间的一个角落里，她们一边画十字，一边虔诚地跪在地上，一边擦着婴儿的鼻子，一边不停地斜眼看着他。