Mephistopheles.
My duty I’ll commence without delay,
When with the graduates you dine to-day.
One thing remains!—black upon white
A line or two, to make the bargain tight.
Faust.
A writing, pedant!—hast thou never found
A man whose word was better than his bond?
Is’t not enough that by my spoken word,
Of all I am and shall be thou art lord?