Faust. And what I wish, that mind and do!
Stick closely to her neighbor, too.
Don't be a devil soft as pap,
And fetch me some new jewels, old chap!
Mephistopheles. Yes, gracious Sir, I will with pleasure. [Exit FAUST.] Such love-sick fools will puff away Sun, moon, and stars, and all in the azure, To please a maiden's whimsies, any day. [Exit.]
THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
MARTHA [alone].
My dear good man—whom God forgive!
He has not treated me well, as I live!
Right off into the world he's gone
And left me on the straw alone.
I never did vex him, I say it sincerely,
I always loved him, God knows how dearly.
[She weeps.]
Perhaps he's dead!—O cruel fate!—
If I only had a certificate!
Enter MARGARET.
Dame Martha!
Martha. What now, Margery?
Margaret. I scarce can keep my knees from sinking!
Within my press, again, not thinking,
I find a box of ebony,
With things—can't tell how grand they are,—
More splendid than the first by far.
Martha. You must not tell it to your mother, She'd serve it as she did the other.
Margaret. Ah, only look! Behold and see!
Martha [puts them on her]. Fortunate thing! I envy thee!