Hippolytus. That happy time
Is gone, and all is changed, since to these shores
The gods sent Phædra.
Theramenes. I perceive the cause
Of your distress. It is the queen whose sight
Offends you. With a step-dame’s spite she schemed
Your exile soon as she set eyes on you.
But if her hatred is not wholly vanish’d,
It has at least taken a milder aspect.
Besides, what danger can a dying woman,