I shall prepare my mother’s slaughter!OrestesAnd as for the other matter, fortune will ordain well.ElectraLet this man here help us with both.Old manI will; but how will you find a way to kill your mother?ElectraGo to Clytemnestra, old man, and say this: report that I have given birth to a male child.Old manThat you have given birth some time ago, or quite recently?ElectraTen days ago, in which a woman who has given birth stays pure.Old manAnd how does this grant us the slaughter of your mother?ElectraShe will come, when she hears of my childbirth pangs.Old manHow is that? Do you think she cares for you, child?ElectraYes; and she will weep, surely, over my child’s low rank.Old manPerhaps; bring your story back again to the turning-point.ElectraWell then, if she comes, it is clear that she will die.Old manYes, she will come right up to the door of your house.ElectraWon’t it then be a little thing for her to turn aside to Hades?Old manMay I die, once I have seen this!ElectraFirst of all, old man, guide my brother—Old manTo the place where Aegisthus is now sacrificing to the gods?ElectraThen, going to meet my mother, give her my message.Old manSo that the very words will seem to have been said by you.