Analysing that feeling, and comparing it with her previous loves, she saw clearly that she would not have been in love with Komisarov had he not saved the Tsar's life, nor with Ristich-Kudzhitsky but for the Slavonic question; but that she loved Karenin for himself, for his lofty, misunderstood soul, for the high-pitched tone of his voice with the long-drawn inflections which she thought charming, for his weary eyes, for his character, and for his soft hands with their swollen veins.
Analizándolo y comparándolo con aquéllos, veía claramente que no se habría enamorado de Komisarov si éste no hubiese salvado la vida del Zar, ni de Ristich Kudjizky de no existir la cuestión eslava, mientras que amaba a Karenin por sí mismo, por su alma elevada e incomprendida, por el querido sonido de su fina voz, de prolongadas entonaciones, por su mirada cansada, por su carácter, por sus manos blancas de hinchadas venas.