RUD. (huskily, almost in a speaking voice)
What's the meaning of this going and this coming,
And these glances so strange?
(He glances from one to the other in consternation.)
MAR. (_unable to bear up any longer, hastens to embrace Rudolph as he murmurs_) Poor fellow!
RUD. (_flings himself on Mimi's bed, lifts her up, shakes her by the hand, and exclaims in tones of anguish_) Mimi! Mimi! (he falls, sobbing, upon her lifeless form) (_Terror-stricken, MUSETTA rushes to the bed, utters a piercing cry of grief; then kneels sobbing, at the foot of the bed. SCHAUNARD, overcome, sinks back into a chair; to the left, COLLINE stands at the foot of the bed, dazed at the suddenness of this catastrophe. MARCEL, sobbing, turns his back to the footlights. The curtain slowly falls._)