Alcmena
Have I not told you often how it is
With me and you? Or must you ask again
And hear me through unreasoned reasonings
To the last drop of bitterness? And yet——
Zeus
Why gaze so strangely on me?
Alcmena
I had thought
Your journey would be longer.
Zeus
No, alas!
Alcmena
What brings you here to probe the core of my heart
With your unspoken question?