He took her arm and proposed to escort her home.
"No," said Mimi.

"I am living with Amelie, and as her lover is there I cannot go in until he has left." "Listen to me, then," said the poet.

"I made a proposal to you today through Mademoiselle Amelie.

Did she transmit it to you ?" "Yes," said Mimi, "but in terms which, even after what has happened, I could not credit.

No, Rodolphe, I could not believe that, despite all that you might have to reproach me with, you thought me so worthless as to accept such a bargain." "You did not understand me, or the message has been badly conveyed to you.