MAR. (endeavoring to laugh) I'm glad, very glad!
RUD. (aside) You humbug, you! You're fretting and fuming!
MAR. It beats not! Bravo! (commences to paint with great vigor) Then I saw, too—
RUD. Musetta?
MAR. Mimi.
RUD. You saw her? How strange! (stops painting)
MAR. Rode in her carriage in grand apparel.
Just like a duchess.
RUD. Delightful! I'm glad to hear it.
MAR. (aside) You liar! you're pining with love.
RUD. and MAR. Now to work! (they go on working)