Vronsky understood that it was vain to make any further attempts and that they would have to spend those few days in Petersburg as in a strange town, avoiding contact with their former world in order not to lay themselves open to unpleasantnesses and insults which were so painful to him.
Reconoció, pues, que sus esfuerzos eran vanos y que debía pasar aquellos días en San Petersburgo como en una ciudad desconocida, evitando su relación con el mundo de antes, para no sufrir escenas desagradables y no soportar dolorosas ofensas.