At first Anna sincerely believed that she was displeased with him for allowing himself to persecute her; but soon after her return from Moscow, having gone to a party where she expected to meet him but to which he did not come, she clearly realized, by the sadness that overcame her, that she had been deceiving herself and that his persecution supplied the whole interest of her life.
Al principio, Ana se creía de buena fe molesta por la obstinación de Vronsky en perseguirla. Mas, a poco de volver de Moscú y después de haber asistido a una velada en la que, contando encontrarle, no le encontró, hubo de reconocer, por la tristeza que experimentaba, que se engañaba a sí misma, y que las asiduidades de Vronsky no sólo no le desagradaban sino que constituían todo el interés de su vida.