14. “I shall be glad to accept,” Judith answered. “How could I refuse? I'll remember this happy night as long as I live.”
15. So Judith got up and put on her prettiest clothes. Her slave woman went ahead of her and placed on the ground in front of Holofernes the lambskins that Bagoas had given Judith to sit on when she ate.
16. Judith came into the tent and sat down there. Holofernes was aroused when he saw her and had an uncontrollable desire to make love to her. From the first day he had seen her, he had been waiting for a chance to seduce her.
17. “Join us for a drink and enjoy yourself,” he said to her.