πάρεστ̓ is meant by Aegisthus to be impersonal; but suggests to the spectators another meaning (‘is he here?’). ὥστε: cp. Ph. 656“ἆρ᾽ ἔστιν ὥστε κἀγγύθεν θέαν λαβεῖν;” κἀμφανῆ μαθεῖν, sc. “αὐτόν”, Orestes. The ambiguous gender of “ἐμφανῆ” suits the situation. “ἐμφανῆ” might, indeed, be plur., meaning the relics (“λείψανα”, 1113): but this is less simple.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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