I would it were my care to make thee happy!

Gret. Now I am sorely puzzled!

Meph. (aside).And no wonder!

Gret. Thou wishest Gottfried happy, and me happy;

In wedlock, only, is true happiness;

And yet, forsooth, it much rejoiceth thee

To know that he and I are not to wed!

Meph. (aside). Pretty logician! A dilemma, truly!

Faus. Nay, Gretchen, better let the riddle rest

Till time shall solve it!