Oblonsky went to the rehearsal of a ballet at the Imperial Theatre and gave to Masha Chibisova – a pretty dancer, who through his patronage had just obtained an engagement – a coral necklace he had promised her the evening before; and behind the scene, in the midday darkness of the theatre, contrived to kiss her pretty face, which was brightened by his present.
Степан Аркадьич заехал в Большой театр на репетицию балета и передал Маше Чибисовой, хорошенькой, вновь поступившей по его протекции танцовщице, обещанные накануне коральки, и за кулисой, в денной темноте театра, успел поцеловать ее хорошенькое, просиявшее от подарка личико.