Whatever position she might accept she could not give up her son. Let her husband disgrace her, let Vronsky grow cold toward her and continue to live his own independent life (again she thought of him with bitterness and reproach), she could not give up her son: She had an aim in life and must act so as to ensure her position toward her son, while they had not yet taken him from her.
Fuera la que fuera la situación en que hubiera de encontrarse no podría dejar a su hijo; aun cuando su marido la cubriese de oprobio, y aunque Vronsky continuara viviendo independiente de ella –y de nuevo le recordó con amargura y reproche–, Ana no podría separarse de su Sergio. Tenía un objetivo en la vida.