The. Darest thou add falsehood to thine infamy?
Hip. Thy words are most unjust!
The. And there thou standest with a brow as calm
As innocence itself.
Hip. In this I am most innocent!—
Nay, interrupt me not, for I will speak—
Thou hast accused me of an awful crime,
Thou hast accursed me with a father's curse,
And I must vindicate myself or die?
Phædra, my mother, and thy wife, avowed