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Yet at this calm thoughtful hour crime was waiting to invade this pretty little place Under the scullery-window lurked brutus and mephistopheles--faces blackened, tools in hand--ready to whip out a pane of said window and so penetrate the kitchen, and from the kitchen the pantry, where they made sure of a few spoons, and up the back stairs to the plate-chest.

—It Is Never Too Late to Mend

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A familiar spirit mentioned in the old legend of Sir John Faustus, and a principal agent in Marlowe's play Dr. Faustus and in Goethe's Faust. In medieval demonology, he was one of the seven chief devils.

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evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul

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Yet at this calm thoughtful hour crime was waiting to invade this pretty little place Under the scullery-window lurked brutus and mephistopheles--faces blackened, tools in hand--ready to whip out a pane of said window and so penetrate the kitchen, and from the kitchen the pantry, where they made sure of a few spoons, and up the back stairs to the plate-chest. — It Is Never Too Late to Mend
He came all in a flutter to mephistopheles, and told him he had met the two men carrying a lump of solid gold between them so heavy that the sticks bent under it. — It Is Never Too Late to Mend
"We don't want your gim-cracks," said mephistopheles quietly. — It Is Never Too Late to Mend
"What is it?" asked mephistopheles, beginning to take an interest. — It Is Never Too Late to Mend
"We won't all go together," said mephistopheles. — It Is Never Too Late to Mend