Then you did not come to pose to-day?
MIMI
A model always comes to pose. It's tiring work, too, I can tell you—and if the artist wants to make love —it isn't her fault—and—
[Sighs.
Oh, it's such a rest.
ELSA
Oh, please.
[Draws herself up stiffly, offended.
MIMI
Now I've offended you—I ought to have known better—my people are all refined—I wasn't born a model.