He sent them as spies of my wrongs.PeasantThen they see a part of it, and perhaps you are telling them the rest.ElectraThey know; they have all these things in abundance.PeasantThen shouldn’t you have opened the doors to them long before? Go into the house; for in return for your good tidings, you shall find as much hospitality as my house holds in store.Servants, take their baggage within the house. Do not contradict me, since you are friends coming from a friend; for, even if I am poor, I will not display manners that are ill-bred.OrestesBy the gods! Is this the man who makes a fraud of your marriage,because he does not want to shame Orestes?ElectraThis is the one who is called my husband, unhappy as I am.OrestesAh! There is no exact way to test a man’s worth; for human nature has confusion in it. For instance, I have seen before now the son of a noble father