Bethink thee!—what with here, and what with there,
The thing requires no little care.
Full fourteen days must first be spent,
To come upon the proper scent.
Faust.
Had I but seven good hours of rest,
The devil’s aid I’d ne’er request,
To mould this fair young creature to my bent.
Mephistopheles.
You speak as if you were a Frenchman born;