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Electra
Cast your eyes around, let them see everything, through your tresses. First Semi-Chorus
Who is that on the road? Who is this [1270] country-man wandering round your house? Electra
Ah! friends, we are ruined; he will at once reveal to our enemies the armed ambush. Second Semi-Chorus
Calm your fears; the road is not occupied, as you think, my dear. Electra
[1275] Well? Is your side still secure? Give me a good report, if the space before the court-yard is deserted. First Semi-Chorus
All goes well here; look to your own watch, for no Danaid is approaching us. Second Semi-Chorus
[1280] Your report agrees with mine; there is no noise here either. Electra
Well then, I will listen in the gateway. Chorus
You within the house, why are you delaying to spill your victim's blood, [1285] now that all is quiet?
Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Orestes, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.
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