JUDITH. I will come to thee in the night, great prince.
HOLOFERNES. And thou wilt eat and drink with me in my triumph?
JUDITH (after a pause). If it pleases my lord.
HOLOFERNES. Thou wilt eat of my meat and drink of my wine, which I will give thee?
JUDITH (after a pause). If my lord is alone and there is none with him. For it is not right that any should see me.
HOLOFERNES. I will be alone. But Bagoas shall stand at the door of the tent.
JUDITH. As my lord wills.
HOLOFERNES (ecstatic, moving a little towards her; she responds). Fairest among women! Can it be!... The way of God is wondrous.
(A half-veiled Assyrian woman appears through the hangings R., and watches.)
JUDITH (solemnly and significantly). There are yet hid greater things than this, and thou hast yet seen but a few of his works.