Mephistopheles

What means the sieve?

THE HE-APE (taking it down)

Wert thou the thief, I’d know him and shame him.

(He runs to the SHE-APE, and lets her look through it.)

Look through the sieve! Know’st thou the thief, And darest not name him?

MEPHISTOPHELES (approaching the fire)

And what’s this pot?