But why this sound of wailing in my ears?850
Let someone tell; for agonies of woe
And grief and lamentations sad I meet
Upon the very threshold of my home—
A fitting welcome to a guest from hell.
Nurse: The queen is obstinately bent on death,
And scorns the strong remonstrance of our tears.855
Theseus: Why should she die, her husband safe returned?
Nurse: That very cause compels her speedy death.
Theseus: Thy words are dark and hide some weighty truth.