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EURIPIDES.

Achilles.

Who through doors half-opened calleth?—calleth with what fearful breath?


Old Servant.

Bond am I; I scorn the title not—nor fortune suffereth.


Achilles.

Whose? Not mine art thou, no part in Agamemnon's goods I have.


Old Servant.

Hers, who stands before the tent: me Tyndareus her father gave. 860


Achilles.

Lo, I stay: if aught thou wouldst, speak that for which thou bad'st me wait.


Old Servant.

Stand ye twain alone—none other near hereby—before the gate?


Achilles.

Speak: alone we are. From out the king's pavilion come thou nigher.


Old Servant (entering from tent).

Fortune, and my foresight, save ye them whose saving I desire!


Achilles.

Stately invocation this!—it may for needs to come avail![1] 865

  1. ↑ Sarcastic—"There is no occasion for such high-flown appeals now: they may avail against future peril:"—neither Achilles nor Klytemnestra having any suspicion of present danger.
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