How often she had thought about that question when she remembered her friend abroad and the irksome state of dependence in which Varenka lived, how often she had wondered what would be her own fate if she did not get married, and how many times she had argued about it with her sister.
¡Cuántas veces pensaba en esto, recordando a su amiga del extranjero, Vareñka, y su penosa dependencia; cuántas veces meditaba en lo que podia ser de ella de no casarse, y cuántas veces había discutido el asunto con su hermana!