Who’s tried to rise to heaven on my shoulders!
Humph! I don’t know. I am a match for you.
But, you and she allied! The odds are heavy!
Well, I’m a student still, and always glad
To glean experience when and how I can.
I’m curious to see how this will end;
If for me—good; but if against me—well,
I shall but lose you, and you’re no great stake.
And so I’ll risk it. See! The maiden comes!
[A vision of Gretchen is seen, gliding across the stage, through the tombstones; she is reading a breviary.