You’ve led me quite a chase. But why on earth bring me to this vile place?

Ahh my old Mephistopheles, I cannot bear to live amongst the herd any longer. So I sought seclusion and refuge here in the wilderness of my mountain. Here I will be safe from the mediocrity, Though it be called moderation! Mankind, they cannot trust the great discovery; they just stand in astonishment, and tell stories of mandrake roots and sorcery, and old-wives' legends of the Hounds of Hell, just so their noble instincts they can quell.