(Finds the key, lets an exclamation escape, then checks himself and puts the key in his pocket.)
RUD. Ah!
MIMI. Have you found it?
RUD. No.
MIMI. I think so.
RUD. In very truth.
MIMI. Found it?
RUD. Not yet.
(Feigns to search, but guided by Mimi'S voice and movements, approaches her; as Mimi is stooping his hand meets hers, which he clasps.)
MIMI. (rising to her feet, surprised) Ah!