GERALD. Why... I don't know...
MIMI. What do your poets tell you? ha?
GERALD. Why... they're little men... with long hair and funny clothes... and humpbacked.
MIMI. Look like me, hey?
GERALD. [Embarrassed.] Why... yes... in a way.
MIMI. What are their names?
GERALD. Their names?
MIMI. Yes... what ones do you know about?
GERALD. Well, there was Alberich, the king.
MIMI. Alberich!