OEDIPUS.
This, and the dreadful thought of parricide.
MESSENGER.
Why do I not at once, as here I am
Wishing thy good, relieve thee of that fear?
OEDIPUS.
Thou wouldst not fail to reap my gratitude.
MESSENGER.
'Twas to that end I came, that to thy home
When thou hadst come I might the gainer be.
OEDIPUS.
Home, while my mother lives, I will not go.