Hector learnt to hear it before he died.
Orestes.
[Coming forward.] Before he died! Is that its meaning?
Andromache.
The stranger! [Turning.
Orestes.
Does it mean death, that sound?
Andromache.
Nay, methinks a man hears it when he has suffered enough, if he has the right ear to hear it.
Orestes.