Karenin thought and said that in no previous year had he had so much official business as this year; but he was not conscious of the fact that this year he invented work for himself, and that this was one of the means of keeping that compartment closed where lay his feelings for and thoughts of his family, which became more terrible the longer they lay there.
Alexey Alejandrovich, al reflexionar, se decía que ningún año había tenido tanto trabajo como aquel en su oficina, sin reparar en que él mismo inventaba el trabajo para no abrir el cajón en que guardaba los sentimientos hacia su mujer y su hijo, tanto menos naturales cuanto más tiempo los guardaba encerrados en él.