The result that Rodolphe had feared, when he perceived the relations contracted by his mistress, soon took place.

The variable opulence of some of her new friends caused a forest of ambitious ideas to spring up in the mind of Mademoiselle Mimi, who up until then had only had modest tastes, and was content with the necessaries of life that Rodolphe did his best to procure for her.

Mimi began to dream of silks, velvets, and lace.

And, despite Rodolphe's prohibition, she continued to frequent these women, who were all of one mind in persuading her to break off with the Bohemian who could not even give her a hundred and fifty francs to buy a stuff dress.
"Pretty as you are," said her advisers, "you can easily secure a better position.

You have only to look for it." And Mademoiselle Mimi began to look.