You there! Keep your hands off those bolts; I mean you, Menelaus, towering in your audacity! Or I will tear off the ancient parapet, the work of masons, and shatter your skull with this coping-stone. The doors are bolted and barred, which will prevent your eagerness to bring aid and keep you from entering.MenelausOh! What is this? I see a blaze of torches and men standing at bay on the top of the house, with a sword guarding my daughter’s throat.OrestesWould you question me or hear me speak?MenelausNeither; but I suppose I must hear you.OrestesI intend to kill your daughter, if you want to know.MenelausAfter slaying Helen, you will add murder to murder?