[She plunges the ladle into the kettle, and spurts out flame on Faust, Mephistopheles, and the Brutes. These last whine.

Mephistopheles. [Who, in the meantime, had turned round the butt-end of the brush, now dashes in amongst the pots and glasses.]

In two! in two!

There lies the broth!

The glass and the kettle,

Shiver them both!

’Tis a jest, thou must know,

Thou carrion crow!

’Tis a tune to keep time,

To thy senseless rhyme.