On a more pleasant tale! The entertained
No greater joy can know than with good news
To recreate his entertainer’s ears;
But piety forbade, nor faith allowed
To lop the head of truth.
Clytemnestra.
Thou shalt not fare the worse for thy bad news,
Nor be less dear to us. Hadst thou been dumb,
Some other tongue had vented the sad tale.
But ye have travelled weary leagues to-day,