... 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.