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.
La umiliasse pure e la scacciasse il marito, si raffreddasse pure Vronskij nei suoi riguardi e riprendesse a vivere la sua vita libera (pensò di nuovo a lui con rancore e rimprovero), ella non poteva abbandonare il figlio. Aveva uno scopo nella vita.