But nevertheless Lydia Ivanovna's help was in the highest degree effective, for it gave Karenin the moral support of the consciousness of her affection and respect, and especially of the fact that she had nearly converted him to Christianity (as it consoled her to believe); that is to say, she had changed him from an apathetic, indolent believer into a fervent and firm adherent of that new interpretation of the Christian teaching which had lately spread in Petersburg.
L’aiuto di Lidija Ivanovna fu, tuttavia, molto efficace: ella dette un appoggio morale ad Aleksej Aleksandrovic con la coscienza del suo amore e della sua considerazione per lui, e soprattutto col riportarlo al cristianesimo, pensiero per lei consolante; lo trasformò cioè da indifferente e pigro credente in un appassionato e convinto seguace di quella nuova interpretazione della dottrina cristiana che negli ultimi tempi si era diffusa a Pietroburgo.