MUS. Hasten, hasten! Bring another pair! Go! ALC. What imprudence! Nothing short of scandal! Musetta, shame! (_Hides her shoe under his coat, which he hastily buttons up; hurries off the stage._) MAR. (_greatly agitated_) Ah! golden youth! you are not dead, not dead for me, For love revives again in me; If at my door you came to greet me, My heart would straight go out to meet thee! (_MUSETTA and MARCEL embrace with much fervor._) MUS. Marcel! MAR. Enchantress! SCH. This is the final tableau! (_A waiter brings in the bill._) RUD., COL. and SCH. The bill! SCH. What a bother! COL. Who bade him bring it? SCH. Let's see. (_Drums heard in the distance_) RUD. and COL. Out with your coppers! SCH. Out with your coppers, Colline, Rudolph, and you, Marcel. MAR. We've not a rap! SCH. I say! RUD. I've thirty sous, no more. MAR., SCH. and COL. I say! no more than that? STREET ARABS, (_hastening from the right_) 'Tis the Tattoo! WORK GIRLS, (_hastening out of the café_) 'Tis the Tattoo! STUDENTS and CITIZENS. 'Tis the Tattoo! (_Hastening from the left. As the Tattoo is still a long way off, the folk run hither and thither, as if uncertain from which quarter the band will appear._) SCH. But who has got my purse? (_They all feel their pockets which are empty; none can explain the sudden disappearance of SCHAUNARD'S purse, and they look at each other in surprise._) STREET ARABS. Will they come along this way? WORK GIRLS and STUDENTS. No; from there. STREET ARABS. They are coming down this way. WORK GIRLS and STUDENTS. Here they come! CITIZENS. Way there! HAWKERS. Way there! SOME BOYS. Oh! let me see! OTHERS. Oh! let me hear! BOYS. Mother, do let me see! OTHERS. Papa, do let me hear! MOTHERS. Lisette, do be quiet! Tony, do have done! do be quiet! MUS. (to the waiter) And my bill, please, bring to me. (_To waiter who brings the bill_) Thank you. Just make one bill of the two. The gentleman will pay Who came to sup with me. RUD., MAR., SCH. and COL. Yes, he will pay! MAR. (aside) He will pay! SCH. and COL. Yes, he will pay! MUS. (_placing both bills at ALCINDORO's place_) And, after this pleasant meeting, This shall be my greeting! RUD., MAR., SCH. and COL. And, after our pleasant meeting, This shall be her greeting! (_The crowd fills the stage and the patrol advances gradually._) WORK GIRLS. They will come along this way. STUDENTS, CITIZENS and HAWKERS. Yes, this way! STREET ARABS. When it gets nearer, We'll march along beside it. (_Several windows are opened at which mothers and their children appear and eagerly await the coming of the patrol._) HAWKERS. In that patrol perceive The country's noble might! STREET ARABS. Now, look out! they're coming! STUDENTS, WORK GIRLS and CITIZENS. Do stand back, for here they come! MAR. See, the patrol is coming! COL. Look out that old boy Don't catch you with his darling! RUD. See, the patrol is coming!