How often during the eight years of happy married life with his wife, when he saw others who were unfaithful wives or deceived husbands, had Karenin said to himself, 'How could they let it come to that?
Quante volte durante i suoi otto anni di vita coniugale felicemente trascorsi, vedendo mogli infedeli e mariti ingannati, Aleksej Aleksandrovic si era detto: «Ma come si può giungere a questo?