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When the people departed at noon, Susanna would go into her husband's garden to walk.
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The two elders used to see her every day, going in and walking about, and they began to desire her.
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And they perverted their minds and turned away their eyes from looking to Heaven or remembering righteous judgments.
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Both were overwhelmed with passion for her, but they did not tell each other of their distress,
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for they were ashamed to disclose their lustful desire to possess her.
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And they watched eagerly, day after day, to see her.
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They said to each other, "Let us go home, for it is mealtime."
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And when they went out, they parted from each other. But turning back, they met again; and when each pressed the other for the reason, they confessed their lust. And then together they arranged for a time when they could find her alone.
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Once, while they were watching for an opportune day, she went in as before with only two maids, and wished to bathe in the garden, for it was very hot.
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And no one was there except the two elders, who had hid themselves and were watching her.
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She said to her maids, "Bring me oil and ointments, and shut the garden doors so that I may bathe."