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ANDROMACHE.
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Andromache.

Undone!—undone!—O child, these vultures twain
Will clutch thee and will slay! He that is named 75
Thy father, yet in Delphi lingereth.


Handmaid.

I ween thou shouldst not fare so evilly
If he were here: but friendless art thou now.


Andromache.

Of Peleus' coming is there not a word?


Handmaid.

Too old is he to help thee, were he here. 80


Andromache.

Yet did I send for him not once nor twice.


Handmaid.

Ah, dost thou think their messengers[1] heed thee?


Andromache.

How should they?—Wilt thou be my messenger?


Handmaid.

But how excuse long absence from the halls?

  1. The courier-slaves of Neoptolemus, who in his absence are not likely to offend their mistress by doing Andromachê a service.