Beforehand; and the child
Is brought unto his home,
And in due time the debt of guilt is paid
By the dark-souled Erinnys, famed of old,
For blood of former days.
Orestes and Pylades enter, disguised as Phokian travellers,
go to the door of the palace, and knock loudly
Orest. What ho, boy! hear us knocking at the gate.
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Who is within, boy? who, boy?—hear, again;