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And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within.
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And there was nobody there, but the two old men that had hid themselves and were beholding her.
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So she said to the maids: Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me.
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And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within.
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Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders arose, and ran to her, and said:
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Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us.