He was already ascending the shallow steps of the verandah, stepping on the whole of his foot so as not to make a noise, when he suddenly remembered what he was always forgetting, the most painful part of his relations with her, namely her son, with his questioning and, as it seemed to Vronsky, inimical look.
Ya subía, pisando siempre con cautela, para no hacer ruido, los lisos peldaños de la escalinata, cuando de pronto recordó lo que olvidaba siempre, lo que más penosas hacía sus relaciones con ella: el hijo de Ana, siempre con su mirada interrogativa que tan desagradable le resultaba.