To leave him with his mother was not possible; the divorced mother would have another, an illegitimate family, in which the position and education of a stepson would in all probability be a bad one. Should he keep him himself?
Habría sido una venganza por su parte y no lo deseaba. Y, además, el divorcio parecía aún más imposible a Karenin pensando que, al consentir en él, causaba con ello la perdición de Ana.