To one of shameful birth death is a boon.

[Enter Clytemnestra.]

Thou comrade of my perils, Leda's child,

Be with me still in this; and thy false lord,235

This valiant sire, shall pay thee blood for blood.

But why does pallor blanch thy trembling cheeks?

What bodes this softened face, this listless gaze?

Clytemnestra: My husband's love has met and conquered me.

Let us retrace our steps, while still there's room,240

To that estate whence we should ne'er have come;