FAUST. And what is your reward for this to be? MEPHISTOPHELES. Long years will pass till we need 1650 think of that. FAUST. No, no! The Devil has his tit-for-tat; He is an egoist, he’ll not work for free, Merely to benefit humanity. State your conditions, make them plain and clear! Servants like you can cost one dear. MEPHISTOPHELES. In this world I will bind myself to cater For all your whims, to serve and wait on you; When we meet in the next world, some time later, Wages in the same kind will then fall due.* FAUST. The next world? Well, that’s no great matter; 1660 Here is
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