peasant lines convo 3

The speaker is surprised to see strangers at her door and wonders why they have come. She questions if they need her help and thinks it is inappropriate for a woman to talk to young men. She asks if the hero is still alive and if he remembers his father's wrongs. The speaker mentions that the strangers are delivering a message from Orestes, but they only know part of it. She believes they should have been welcomed earlier and invites them in, promising to provide them with hospitality. She instructs her servants to take their baggage and emphasizes that despite being poor, she will not show meanness in her habits. Ha, who are these strangers I see at my door? And why are they come hither to my rustic gate? Can they want my help? For this, unseemly for a woman to stand talking with young men. What say they? Is that hero yet alive and in the day of light? Surely he hath some memory of his father in thy wrongs. What message have they brought from Orestes? Well, they only see a part of it, though maybe thou art telling them the rest. Long ere this then shouldst thou have thrown open our doors to them. Enter, sirs, for in return for their good tidings shall ye find such cheer as my house affords. Ho, servants take their baggage, within make no excuses. For ye are friends sent by one I love. And poor though I am, yet will I never show meanness in my habits.