Observe it well, it is not drawn with care,
One of the angles, that which points without,
Is, as thou seest, not quite closed.
FAUST
Chance hath the matter happily dispos'd!
So thou my captive art? No doubt!
By accident thou thus art caught!
MEPHISTOPHELES
In sprang the dog, indeed, observing naught;
Things now assume another shape,
The devil's in the house and can't escape.
FAUST
Why through the window not withdraw?
MEPHISTOPHELES
For ghosts and f or the devil 'tis a law.
Where they stole in, there they must forth. We're free
The first to choose; as to the second, slaves are we.