FROM THE MOMENT THAT KARENIN UNDERSTOOD from his conversations with Betsy and Oblonsky that all that was asked of him was that he should leave his wife in peace and not trouble her with his presence and that his wife herself wished this, he felt so lost that he could decide nothing for himself, did not know what he now wanted, and having placed himself in the hands of those who with so much pleasure busied themselves with his affairs, he consented to everything.
Dal momento in cui Aleksej Aleksandrovic capì dalle spiegazioni di Betsy e di Stepan Arkad’ic che da lui si pretendeva non solo ch’egli lasciasse in pace sua moglie, senza affaticarla con la sua presenza, ma che sua moglie stessa desiderava ciò, egli si sentì così smarrito da non poter decidere nulla da solo, non sapendo lui stesso cosa desiderare in quel momento; così, abbandonandosi nelle mani di coloro che con tanto compiacimento si occupavano delle sue faccende, rispondeva acconsentendo a tutto.