Excerpt: ...could I but beat them! If I could, I would scratch! But I only have to back me This old pelican! No matter! (calls the waiter who has gone away) Hi! waiter, here! (the waiter hurriedly approaches) See, this plate has a horrid smell of onions! (dashes the plate on the ground; the waiter picks up the pieces) ALC. Don't, Musetta! do be quiet! MUS. (irritated, still watching MARCEL) He won't look round! Now I could beat him! ALC. What's the matter? MUS. (sharply) I meant the waiter! ALC. Manners! Manners! (Takes the ...
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Excerpt: ...could I but beat them! If I could, I would scratch! But I only have to back me This old pelican! No matter! (calls the waiter who has gone away) Hi! waiter, here! (the waiter hurriedly approaches) See, this plate has a horrid smell of onions! (dashes the plate on the ground; the waiter picks up the pieces) ALC. Don't, Musetta! do be quiet! MUS. (irritated, still watching MARCEL) He won't look round! Now I could beat him! ALC. What's the matter? MUS. (sharply) I meant the waiter! ALC. Manners! Manners! (Takes the bill from the waiter and orders the supper.) MUS. (more irritated) Such a bore! Just let me have my own way. If you please; I won't be ruled by you! MIMI. (looking curiously at RUDOLPH) Do you know who she is? MAR. You had better ask me. Well, her name is Musetta Her surname is Temptation. As to her vocation: Like a rose in the breezes, So she changes lover for lover without number. And like the spiteful screech owl, A bird that's most rapacious, The food that most she favors is the heart! Her food the heart is; Thus have I now none left! (to his friends, concealing his agitation) So pass me the ragout! SCH. (to COLLINE) Now the fun's at its climax, To one she speaks because the other listens. COL. (to SCHAUNARD) The other will not hear, Feigns not to see the girl: which makes her mad. RUD. (to MIMI) Now let me tell you I never would forgive you. MIMI. (to RUDOLPH) I love you, love you fondly, Am wholly yours, my dearest! (eating) COL. What's that about forgiveness? (coquettishly watching MARCEL, who becomes agitated) MUS. (watching MARCEL; in a loud voice to MARCEL) Why, don't you know me? ALC. (thinking MUSETTA spoke to him) Well, I'm giving the order, dear. MUS. (as above) But your heart is a-throbbing! ALC. (as above) Not so loud. MUS. (to herself) But your heart is a-throbbing! ALC. Do be quiet! MUS. As through the streets I wander onward merrily, See how the folk look round, Because they know I'm charming, A very charming girl. And...
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