Alexi Karenin I consider jealousy to be insulting to you and degrading to me. I have no right to inquire into your feelings. They concern only your conscience. But it's my duty to remind you we are bound together by God, and this bond can only be broken by a crime against God. Alexi Karenin I will not have a scandal. Therefore... You will not see... this man again. You will behave in such a way that nothing is known against you, by society or by the servants. In return, you will keep the privileges of a wife — and the duties. Alexi Karenin It would be a sin to help you destroy yourself.