GEORGE FAUST. - A student, Senior.
MEPHISTO. - Poetical for the Old Nick.
MARGUERITE.
SCENE I. - THE COMPACT.
FAUST, alone in his study; books are strewn about the room; chemical retorts and burettes lie on the table; FAUST holds a skull in his hand.
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FAUST. How shall the student
Get his degree?
Though he be prudent,
He cannot be free
From vile conditions
Of Freshman year!
Fell apparitions
They rise to me here.
He may be stolid,
And say he don't care,
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