'But I repeat again what I then told you and subsequently wrote,' he went on in a shrill thin voice, 'I again repeat that I will not know it, I ignore it as long as it is not known to the rest of the world, as long as my name is not dishonoured.
No todas las esposas son tan amables como para apresurarse a comunicar a sus maridos esa «agradable» noticia –y Karenin acentuó la palabra «agradable»–. Lo ignoraré mientras el mundo lo ignore, mientras mi nombre no quede deshonrado.