All call me Gretchen.

Faus.Gottfried calls thee Gretchen.

I thought he claimed a cousin’s privilege.

Gret. Does Gottfried speak of me?

Faus.He does indeed,

And in such terms of glowing eulogy

I almost feared that he had gained thy heart.

Gret. Feared!

Faus.Pardon me. I spake unwittingly.

His welfare should be very dear to me,