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he could notin his soul

a feeling of anger destructive of his peace of ood of his achievement He believed that for Anna herself

it would be better to break off all relations with Vronsky; but

if they all thought this out of the question, he was even ready

to allow these relations to be renewed, so long as the children

were not disgraced, and he was not deprived of theht be, it was anyway better

than a rupture, which would put her in a hopeless and sha he cared for But he

felt helpless; he knew beforehand that every one was against him,

and that he would not be allowed to do what seeht, but would be forced to do rong,

though it see to them