What loving maid is ever in rude health,
When he who has her heart is far afield?
But as to “safe”—why, have you not a friend
Who’s sworn to keep a watch upon her safety?
And is not that friend Faustus? Have more faith!
Gott. True, true. He has watched over her?
Meph.He has,
Most conscientiously. He never leaves her.
Gott. I breathe again! My heart had sunk within me.
I asked some village girls an hour ago