[Exit.]
[Enter Aegisthus.]
Aegisthus: The fatal day which I was born to see,
Toward which I've ever looked with dread, is here.
Why dost thou fear, my soul, to face thy fate,
And turn away from action scarce begun?
Be sure that not thy hand is ordering
These dire events, but the relentless gods.230
Then put thy shame-bought life in pawn to fate
And let thy heart drain suffering to the dregs.