Isaac is not easily distracted by bright skies or promising winds, and Henry envies the singular attention he devotes to his study of classical languages and the spiritual writings of Orestes Brownson.
But eventually, Elektra says that it's Klytaemnestra herself who must be sacrificed adding that Elektra and Orestes will be happy to oblige, using the same axe that Klytaemnestra used on Agamemnon.