Gret. Why comes this wicked man to such as I?
I would not aid him in his wickedness.
Faus. In sad and sorrowing heart he comes to thee,
That he may learn the lesson of thy life.
He comes to thee in the fond, foolish hope
That the pure influence of such love as thine
May quell the evil angel at his side;
For wicked as he is, he loveth thee,
With all his poor frail heart he loveth thee!
Gret. ’Tis a strange fortune! I, an untaught girl,