SCENE II.

Interior of a Church.
Marguerite, then Mephistopheles.

(Women enter the church and cross the stage. Marguerite enters after them, and kneels.)

Mar. O heaven! Permit thy lowly handmaiden To prostrate herself before thine altar.

Mep. No, thou shalt not pray! Spirits of evil, haste ye at my call, And drive this woman hence!

Cho. of Demons. Marguerite!

Mar. Who calls me?

Cho. Marguerite!