But nevertheless Lydia Ivanovna's help was in the highest degree effective, for it gave Karenin the moral support of the consciousness of her affection and respect, and especially of the fact that she had nearly converted him to Christianity (as it consoled her to believe); that is to say, she had changed him from an apathetic, indolent believer into a fervent and firm adherent of that new interpretation of the Christian teaching which had lately spread in Petersburg.
Pero, con todo, la ayuda de Lidia Ivanovna era efectiva: dio un apoyo moral a Alexey Alejandrovich en la conciencia del cariño y el respecto que sentía por él, y, sobre todo, en el hecho de que ella le hubiese convertido, de creyente frío a indiferente, en un adepto de la nueva doctrina cristiana tan en boga últimamente en San Petersburgo, lo que le proporcionaba un gran consuelo.