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His brown, curling hair hung loosely about his shoulders, and an uncommonly long beard of the same silky texture descended almost to his waist. He shook hands with Irene, and looked inquiringly at her companion. "Mr. Clifton, this is Miss Electra Grey, whose drawings I mentioned to you last week. I wish, if you please, you would examine some of them when you have leisure."
My Eumenides, like his, were at my bed-feet, and stared in upon me through the curtains; but watching by my pillow, or defrauding herself of sleep to bear me company through the heavy watches of the night, sate my Electra; for thou, beloved M., dear companion of my later years, thou wast my Electra! and neither in nobility of mind nor in long-suffering affection wouldst permit that a Grecian sister should excel an English wife.
and fit her for one crowning deed, for which alone the daughter of the king of men lives on. At length the pretended Phocians enter, bearing the supposed ashes of Orestes; the chief of the train addresses himself to Electra, and this is the most dramatic and touching scene in the whole tragedy.
On the edge of the low scroll-sculptured mantel, supported at each corner by caryatides, perched a large tame grey owl, with clipped wings folded, and wide, solemn, oracular eyes fastened on the countenance of its beloved master. With swift, noiseless steps Electra came to the red grate, and, after a moment, drew an ottoman close to the easy chair.
After the ladies had retired, the gentlemen talked for a few minutes over the interesting occurrence of the evening. "Do you know," said the bishop to the duke and some surrounding auditors, "fine as was the Electra, I preferred the ode to the tragedy? There was a tumult of her brow, especially in the address to Liberty, that was sublime quite a Moenad look."
For thou thoughtest not much to stoop to humble offices of kindness and to servile ministrations of tenderest affection to wipe away for years the unwholesome dews upon the forehead, or to refresh the lips when parched and baked with fever; nor even when thy own peaceful slumbers had by long sympathy become infected with the spectacle of my dread contest with phantoms and shadowy enemies that oftentimes bade me "sleep no more!" not even then didst thou utter a complaint or any murmur, nor withdraw thy angelic smiles, nor shrink from thy service of love, more than Electra did of old.
They are captives from Troy, obliged to look on the deeds of Aegisthus, whether just or unjust, yet they weep for the purposeless agonies of Agamemnon's house. When asked by Electra what prayers she should offer to her dead father, they bid her pray for some avenging god or mortal to requite the murderers.
"Oh, Captain! do take us with you!" said Electra eagerly. "What! In a rickety schooner, in the teeth of a gale? Besides, Miss, I am taking a cargo of powder this trip, and if I am hard pressed I shall blow up vessel and all, rather than suffer it to fall into Yankee clutches. You would not relish going up to heaven after the fashion of a rocket, would you?"
Then he looked upon her again and said to himself, "What a noble lady is this, and in what ungodly fashion hath she been afflicted!" And when Electra would know why he was so troubled, he said, "It paineth me to see thee excelling all women in sorrow." "Nay," she said, "thou seest but a small part of my sorrows." "Hast thou, then, yet worse to bear than these?"
"I know that very well." "If it is because you don't trust me, you are very right," said Bellegarde. "I can't talk of her rationally. I admire her too much." "Talk of her as you can," rejoined Newman. "Let yourself go." "Well, we are very good friends; we are such a brother and sister as have not been seen since Orestes and Electra.
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