Oh, don’t say so! What is your news?ElectraArgos has sentenced Orestes and me to death.HermioneOh no! not my own relatives!ElectraIt is decreed; we have put on the yoke of necessity.HermioneWas this the reason of the cry within?ElectraYes, a suppliant cried out as he fell at Helen’s knees—HermioneWho is he? I know nothing more, if you do not tell me.ElectraUnhappy Orestes, entreating mercy for himself and me.