He considered it better for Anna to break off her relations with Vronsky, but if everyone thought this impossible, he was even ready to allow those relations to be renewed, so long as no slur was thereby cast on the children, he was not deprived of them, and his position was not altered.
A su juicio, valía más para Ana romper sus relaciones con Vronsky; pero, si todos se empeñaban en que ello era imposible, estaba dispuesto hasta a permitirlas con tal que no se deshonrase el nombre de los niños, que no los perdiese, que no cambiase su situación.