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Mephistopheles does not have any chance in getting in
direct contact to Margaret, he introduces himself to
the neighbour Martha. He uses the fact that he knows everything
about the life of people and tells a lie. He knows that
the husband of Martha has left her and gone to another
country. But he presents himself as a friend of her husband,
who in his dying has asked him to inform her about his
death. Knowing that Margaret will be at this neighbours
house he agreed a meeting the next day with Faust, who
is supposed to give more information about the circumstances
Martha's husband died.
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