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Orestes.
She came—for evil unto kin of mine.
Iphigeneia.
Where is she? Evil debt she oweth me.
Orestes.
In Sparta dwelling with her sometime lord.
Iphigeneia.
Thing loathed of Hellenes, not of me alone!525
Orestes.
I too have tasted of her bridal's fruit.
Iphigeneia.
And came the Achaians home, as rumour saith?
Orestes.
Thou in one question comprehendest all.
Iphigeneia.
Ah, ere thou die, this boon I fain would win.
Orestes.
Ask on, since this thou cravest. I will speak.530
Iphigeneia.
Kalchas, a prophet—came he back from Troy?
Orestes.
Dead—as the rumour in Mycenæ ran.
