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Midway through the play, Faust (now a young man) sees a beautiful woman named Margaret (who also goes by the nickname Gretchen). Mephistopheles, in a wager to destroy Faust’s soul by showing him pleasure, has arranged a meeting with Margaret and her neighbor Martha. The condition: Faust must swear that he saw Martha’s husband dead and is serving as a messenger of that fact. Even though Faust has already made a deal with the devil, has taken a potion to become young, and has seen extraordinary
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Faust: How goes it? Will it be? Will it soon be done?
Mephistopheles: Ah, bravo! Do I find you all on fire?
In double-quick time you’ll have your desire.
You’ll meet tonight, at her neighbour Martha’s home:
There’s a woman, who’s the thing,
For procuring and for gipsying!
Faust: All right!
Mephistopheles: But, she needs something
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A full-text translation of Faust, with notes: https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/German/Fausthome.php
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