FAUST [unlocking]

She does not dream her lover listens near;
That he the rattling chain, the rustling straw, can hear.

MARGARET [hiding herself on the pallet]

Woe! woe! They come. O death of bitterness!

FAUST [whispering]

Hush! hush! The hour is come that frees thee.

MARGARET [throwing herself before him]

Art thou a man? then pity my distress!

FAUST