Thanks to thy husband's love?

MEDEA (to the slave, ignoring Gora's taunt).

Is all prepared?

SLAVE. Yea, mistress.

MEDEA. Come!

[She grasps one handle of the chest, the slave the other, and together they carry it to the pit.]

GORA (observing them from a distance).

Oh, what a task is this
For a proud princess, daughter of a king!

MEDEA. Nay, if it seem so hard, why dost not help?

GORA. Lord Jason's handmaid am I—and not thine!
Nor is it meet one slave another serve.