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The elders said, "As we were walking in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, shut the garden doors, and dismissed the maids.
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Then a young man, who had been hidden, came to her and lay with her.
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We were in a corner of the garden, and when we saw this wickedness we ran to them.
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We saw them embracing, but we could not hold the man, for he was too strong for us, and he opened the doors and dashed out.
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So we seized this woman and asked her who the young man was, but she would not tell us. These things we testify."
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