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SCENE I.
AEGISTHUS _and Soldiers._
_Aeg._ O treachery unforseen! O madness! Freed,
Orestes freed? Now we shall see....
_Enter_ CLYTEMNESTRA.
_Cly._ Ah! turn
Backward thy steps.
_Aeg._ Ah, wretch, dost thou arm too
Against me?
_Cly._ I would save thee. Hearken to me,
I am no longer--
_Aeg._ Traitress--
_Cly._ Stay!
_Aeg._ Thou 'st promised
Haply to give me to that wretch alive?
_Cly._ To keep thee, save thee from him, I have sworn,
Though I should perish for thee! Ah, remain
And hide thee here in safety. I will be
Thy stay against his fury--
_Aeg._ Against his fury
My sword shall be my stay. Go, leave me!
I go--
_Cly._ Whither?
_Aeg._ To kill him!
_Cly._ To thy death thou goest!
O me! What dost thou? Hark! Dost thou not hear
The yells and threats of the whole people? Hold!
I will not leave thee.
_Aeg._ Nay, thou hop'st in vain
To save thy impious son from death. Hence! Peace!
Or I will else--
_Cly._ Oh, yes, Aegisthus, kill me,
If thou believest me not. "Orestes!" Hark!
"Orestes!" How that terrible name on high
Rings everywhere! I am no longer mother
When thou 'rt in danger.


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