As the proclaimed doom of angered Heaven!

Gret. Hush! hush!

I will not suffer thee to utter treason

Against my lord. I am but his handmaiden,

Yet I am jealous of my master’s honour

As of his love.

Faus.Ah, Gretchen, if his honour

Were trusty as his love, thy jealousy

Might slumber unto death!

Gret. (anxiously).But tell me, Faustus,