JUDITH. Yea, highness.
HOLOFERNES. Didst thou demand of him that he should tell thee if the Israelites in Bethulia had committed their sin, and if the time of my triumph was at hand?
JUDITH. No, lord. I prayed for the forgiveness of the transgressions of thy handmaid.
HOLOFERNES. Why didst thou not demand of him what I ask thee?
JUDITH. Who am I to hasten the God of Israel? In the night time, and in the darkness, when all men sleep,—then it is that my God condescends towards me, and my ear hears his secret purposes.
HOLOFERNES (low). This night?
JUDITH. Who can search out heaven?
HOLOFERNES. This night?
JUDITH. It may be.
HOLOFERNES. And thou wilt come to me in the night and tell me thy message?