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How then shall I kill her and him at once?
Electra
I shall prepare my mothers slaughter!
Orestes
And as for the other matter, fortune will ordain well.
Electra
Let this man here help us with both.
Old man
I will; but how will you find a way to kill your mother?
Electra
Go to Clytemnestra, old man, and say this: report that I have given birth to a male child.
Old man
That you have given birth some time ago, or quite recently?
Electra
Ten days ago, in which a woman who has given birth stays pure.
Old man
And how does this grant us the slaughter of your mother?
Electra
She will come, when she hears of my childbirth pangs.
Old man
How is that? Do you think she cares for you, child?
Electra
Yes; and she will weep, surely, over my childs low rank.
Old man
Perhaps; bring your story back again to the turning-point.
Electra
Well then, if she comes, it is clear that she will die.
Old man
Yes, she will come right up to the door of your house.
Electra
Wont it then be a little thing for her to turn aside to Hades?
Old man
May I die, once I have seen this!
Electra
First of all, old man, guide my brother
Old man
To the place where Aegisthus is now sacrificing to the gods?
Electra
Then, going to meet my mother, give her my message.
Old man
So that the very words will seem to have been said by you.
Electra To Orestes
Your work begins at once; you have drawn the first lot in the slaughter.
Orestes
I would go, if some one would show me the way.
Old man
Yes, I can escort you myself, not against my will.
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Orestes
O Zeus, god of my fathers, be also the vanquisher of my enemies
Electra
And have pity on us; for we have suffered pitiably
Old man
Yes, indeed, have pity on your own descendants.
Electra
And Hera, you who rule Mycenaes altars
Orestes
Give us victory, if we are asking for what is right.

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