She makes Alcindoro pay the bill and comes back to Marcello. Marcello falls under her spell and can no longer take his eyes off the vision. Musetta, Marcello’s one-time mistress, arrives accompanied by her new lover Alcindoro. In an atmosphere brimming with euphoria, Rodolfo, very much in love with Mimi, buys her a bonnet.

They find themselves in their favourite café in the company of Mimi, Colline and Schaunard. The atmosphere of the city takes over the entire space. Rodolfo and Marcello are overwhelmed by a variety of physical sensations: the crowds of people, the colours and smells of the street.

Rodolfo asks Mimi to stay with him.ĭay 129 – 41☄3’63’’N 54 – Situation hopeless – time fluctuates between states of sleep and wakefulness – Mimi has returned – in the space capsule reality begins to blur – delirium takes root – Mimi, always Mimi – like a spectral dream – dreaming soemtimes transports us back into our past – the happiest times of our lives are revived – moments of exuberance and ecstasy. Mimi appears, in the clutches of a coughing fit. Colline, Schaunard and Marcello leave Rodolfo alone for a moment. They strike up a conversation with him, and then he vanishes as suddenly as he appeared. When they evoke Benoît, their former landlord, the latter suddenly appears. The four friends, having regained a degree of good humour, recall an evening spent in their favourite café in the Latin Quarter. Meanwhile, in a stream of words, everyone starts to reminisce and evoke memories of better times. Nevertheless, Schaunard manages to finds a few scraps.

It is cold and there is practically nothing left to eat. Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard and Colline. Day 126 – 40☄5’53’’N 74 – Expedition in danger – off course – engines inoperative – life-support resources almost exhausted – we are working without respite – time is running out – water is rationed – life depends on the last reserves of oxygen – a constant struggle with the darkness and the cold – each day increasingly difficult – last remnants of humour – using our imagination – to evoke times long past.

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