Gret.Amen! amen!

[Exit.

Faus. (stands as if entranced for a moment; then suddenly)

Why, whither am I going? Grace of Heaven!

Have I been blind? Fool! poor, self-cheating fool!

Stop, while thou mayst—thine eyes are open now!

What seest thou?

Hell against heaven—and thou allied with hell!

[Mephisto appears and listens.

What seest thou? A pure and blameless child,