_ feel compunction: she has been too harsh, she will be kinder
now, and so shall Aegisthus--Electra replying to all that it is too
late. At last _Clyt._ prepares to go within the house and perform the
rite for Electra; then she will join her husband. _Exeunt Attendants
with Chariot, and Electra ushers Clytaemnestra into the Cottage_.
Let my poor house receive thee: but take heed
Lest thy rich vests the blackening smoke denies.--
There shalt thou sacrifice, as to the gods
Behoves thee sacrifice: the basket there
Is for the rites prepared, and the keen blade
Which struck the bull; beside him shalt thou fall
By a like blow; in Pluto's courts his bride
He shall receive, with whom in heav'n's fair light
Thy couch was shared: to thee this grace I give,
Thou vengeance for my father shalt give me. {1274}
CHORAL INTERLUDE III
The waves of mischief are flowing back, the gale of Violence is
veering: Vengeance for the crime of old standing is come at last.
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