ELECTRA.
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Orestes.
I understand:—and feared Orestes' vengeance? 260
Electra.
Yea, this: yet virtuous was he therewithal.
Orestes.
A noble soul this, worthy of reward!
Electra.
Yea, if the absent to his home return.
Orestes.
But did the mother who bare thee suffer this?
Electra.
Wives be their husbands', not their children's friends. 265
Orestes.
Why did Aegisthus this despite to thee?
Electra.
That weaklings[1] of weak sire my sons might prove.
Orestes.
Ay, lest thou bear sons to avenge the wrong?
Electra.
So schemed he—God grant I requite him yet!
- ↑ i.e. Politically and socially.
