Help! Fire! Help! Hell-fire is sent!
MEPHISTOPHELES (charming away the flame)
Be quiet, friendly element!
(To the revellers)
A bit of purgatory ’twas for this time, merely.
SIEBEL
What mean you? Wait!—you’ll pay for’t dearly!
You’ll know us, to your detriment.
FROSCH
Don’t try that game a second time upon us!
ALTMAYER