name? The most high _Prince_ Holofernes, foul wench.

HAGGITH. The most high Prince Holofernes--if he so wills my mistress
would speak with his highness.

BAGOAS (_laughing heartily_). Speak with the Prince? _Speak_ with the
Prince? Ha-ha! (_All the men laugh_.) What is the state of thy mistress?

HAGGITH. The lady Judith is a widow.

BAGOAS (_still more amused_). Aha! A widow! And the Hebrew hag would
_speak_ with Prince Holofernes! (_The men laugh and jeer_.)

_Enter_ Judith, _R_.

(Haggith _goes quickly to her. All the men stare at_ Judith, _deeply
impressed_.)

HAGGITH (_aside to_ Judith). There are many hussies in the camps,
thousands and thousands, mistress. This lord is the chief eunuch.

BAGOAS (_aside to an attendant_). If this be an example of the Bethulian
women, I shall have a momentous business upon me when their city falls.

FIRST ATTENDANT. Yea, mightiness.

(Judith, _signing to_ Haggith _to stand aside, bows to the ground
before_ Bagoas; _then rises again_.)

BAGOAS (_after a short pause_). You are very beautiful.