MAR. (arriving at the Café Momus, and finding SCHAUNARD and
COLLINE)
To supper!
SCH. and COL. Ho! Rudolph!
MAR. He's gone to buy a bonnet.
(MARCEL, SCHAUNARD and COLLINE try to find an empty table outside the café, but there is only one, which is occupied by townsfolk. At these latter the three friends glare furiously, and then enter the café. The crowd disperses among the adjacent streets. The shops are crowded and the square becomes densely thronged with buyers who come and go. In the café there is much animation. RUDOLPH and MIMI come out of the shop.)
RUD. (to MIMI)
Come along! my friends are waiting.
MIMI. Do you think this rose-trimmed bonnet suits me?
RUD. The color suits your dark complexion.
MIMI. (looking into the window of a bonnet shop) O what a pretty necklace!
RUD. I have an aunt a millionaire.
If the good God wills to take her,
Then shall you have a necklace far more fine.
(suddenly seeing MIMI look round suspiciously)
What is it?
MIMI. Are you jealous?