eight o'clock
`` Yes , he is to wait for me this evening twenty yards or so from here . '' `` I wish you joy , '' said Mimi , and seeing the hour of the appointment approach , she hurried off to Mademoiselle Amelie 's lover , and informed him that the latter was engaged in a little scheme to deceive him with her own old lover . The gentleman , jealous as a tiger and brutal to boot , called at once on Mademoiselle Amelie , and announced that he would like her to spend the evening in his company . At eight o'clock Mimi flew to the spot at which Rodolphe was to meet Amelie . She saw her lover pacing up and down after the fashion of a man waiting for some one , and twice passed close to him without daring to address him . Rodolphe was very well dressed that evening , and the violent crises through which he had passed during the week had imparted great character on his face . Mimi was singularly moved .