My father knew that when he betrothed me. He could be purified.
Pyrrhus.
[Scornfully.] Purified? For slaying his mother?
Hermione.
And you, you dared not enter the land while Agamemnon's son was there; you waited till——
Pyrrhus.
'Twas your father cozened Orestes away. How should I fear Agamemnon's son? Am I not the son of Achilles?
Hermione.
And was Achilles a better man than Agamemnon?
Pyrrhus.