... his tears had an unusually pleasant taste in mother's presence and filled his soul with a peculiar serene sadness, which he could find neither in his games nor in laughter, nor even in the reading of the

most terrible fairy tales.

Which is implied in this excerpt?

A. Yura's mother offers him loving consolation.

B. Yura avoids the experience of intense emotion.

C Yura's attention wanders from one activity to the next.

D. Yura prefers spending time with his mother to playing alone.

A. Yura's mother offers him loving consolation.

Explanation:

When his mother was present, Yura felt an unusually pleasant feeling when he cried. A feeling of serene sadness which is essentially consolation because it involves sadness that is being calmed and filled with peace.

Suffice to say, being with his mother gives Yuri a consolation that he cannot get from other activities such as laughing, playing or reading.

it translates into:

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