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They suppressed their consciences and turned away their eyes from looking to Heaven or remembering their duty to administer justice.
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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 seduce her.
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Day after day they watched eagerly to see her.
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One day they said to each other, "Let us go home, for it is time for lunch." So they both left and parted from each other.
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But turning back, they met again; and when each pressed the other for the reason, they confessed their lust. 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 a hot day.
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No one was there except the two elders, who had hidden themselves and were watching her.
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She said to her maids, "Bring me olive oil and ointments, and shut the garden doors so that I can bathe."
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They did as she told them: they shut the doors of the garden and went out by the side doors to bring what they had been commanded; they did not see the elders, because they were hiding.
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When the maids had gone out, the two elders got up and ran to her.