MAR. Nay, but listen!
MIMI. Ah me! ah me!
All is over, life and loving,
All are ended!
Mimi must die!
MAR. Softly!
RUD. Want has wasted her beauty,
And to bring her back to life
Would need far more than love.
MAR. Nay, Rudolph, but listen!
(Mimi's violent coughing and sobbing reveal her presence.)
RUD. Ha! Mimi! You here!
You heard, you heard me?
Swayed by each light suspicion,
A trifle yet alarms me;
Come, come inside here!
(Seeks to take her into the tavern)
MIMI. No, that odor is stifling me!
RUD. (affectionately embracing her) Ah, Mimi!