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And when it was grown late, his servants made haste to their lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way.
2
And they were all overcharged with wine.
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And Judith was alone in the chamber.
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But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, being exceedingly drunk.
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And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber, and to watch:
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And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion of her lips in silence,
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Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee.
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And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it.