puissance, i. e., Andromache

522. reléguée, sent, Hermione thus implies that her betrothal to Pyrrhus was without her désire, if not against her wiU. In fact sho

never ceases to love hîm. She prétends affection for Orestes to make him the tool of her vengeance, for which she had already often desired his présence (391 ). He falls an easy victim to her unscrupulous passion.