One event, an event of great importance to both from that point of view, did indeed happen--that was Kitty's meeting with Vronsky.

The old Princess Marya Borissovna, Kitty's godmother, who had always been very fond of her, had insisted on seeing her.

Kitty, though she did not go into society at all on account of her condition, went with her father to see the venerable old lady, and there met Vronsky.