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"Papa!" she said to the police captain during the last interval, "go behind the scenes and ask them all to dinner to-morrow!" The police captain went behind the scenes, praised them for all their fine acting, and complimented Madame Beobahtov. "Your lovely face demands a canvas, and I only wish I could wield the brush!" And with a scrape, he thereupon invited the company to dinner.
They listened to her entreaties, and after consulting together, took her into the company as a "countess" the name they used for the minor actresses who usually came on to the stage in crowds or in dumb parts. To begin with Masha used to play maid-servants and pages, but when Madame Beobahtov, the flower of Limonadov's company, eloped, they made her ingenue.
IT was the benefit night of Fenogenov, the tragic actor. They were acting "Prince Serebryany." The tragedian himself was playing Vyazemsky; Limonadov, the stage manager, was playing Morozov; Madame Beobahtov, Elena. The performance was a grand success. The tragedian accomplished wonders indeed. When he was carrying off Elena, he held her in one hand above his head as he dashed across the stage.
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