Scene 13: A Summer-House

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_ MARGARET [darts in, hides behind the door,
presses the tip of her finger to her lips,
and peeps through the crack].

MARGARET.
He comes!

[Enter FAUST.]

FAUST.
Ah rogue, how sly thou art!
I've caught thee!

[Kisses her.]

MARGARET
[embracing him and returning the kiss].

Dear good man! I love thee from my heart!

[MEPHISTOPHELES knocks.]

FAUST
[stamping_].

Who's there?

MEPHISTOPHELES.
A friend!

FAUST.
A beast!

MEPHISTOPHELES.
Time flies, I don't offend you?

MARTHA
[entering_].

Yes, sir, 'tis growing late.

FAUST.
May I not now attend you?

MARGARET.
Mother would--Fare thee well!

FAUST.
And must I leave thee then? Farewell!

MARTHA.
Ade!

MARGARET.
Till, soon, we meet again!

[Exeunt FAUST and MEPHISTOPHELES.]

MARGARET.
Good heavens! what such a man's one brain
Can in itself alone contain!
I blush my rudeness to confess,
And answer all he says with yes.
Am a poor, ignorant child, don't see
What he can possibly find in me.

[Exit.] _

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