Ah! kind companion of my bondage, for such thou art to her, who, erst thy queen, is now sunk in misery; what are they doing? What new schemes are they devising in their eagerness to take away my wretched life?MaidAlas! poor lady, they intend to slay thy son, whom thou hast privily conveyed from out the house.AndromacheAh me! Has shei.e. Hermione. heard that my babe was put out of her reach? Who told her? Woe is me! how utterly undone!MaidI know not, but thus much of their schemes I heard myself; and Menelaus has left the house to fetch him.AndromacheThen am I lost; ah, my child! those