FIRST ATTENDANT. Yea, mightinesss.

BAGOAS (_to_ Judith). Follow me, lady. (_Aside to_ attendant.) Thinkest
thou the Prince will come this way? (_Pointing_.)

FIRST ATTENDANT. Yea, mightiness.

BAGOAS. Or that?

FIRST ATTENDANT. Yea, mightiness.

BAGOAS. If the Prince so much as sees her before the city is taken,
never will the city be taken, and we shall all be her captives.

FIRST ATTENDANT. Yea, mightiness.

BAGOAS (_beating the attendant_). I will lead her by the path to the
cave, for the Prince will surely not come that way. (_To_ Judith.)
Follow me, lady.

(Bagoas _moves R_. Judith _hesitates a moment as_ Haggith _picks up her
sack. Enter R. the heralds of Holofernes, followed by_ Holofernes.)

BAGOAS (_to himself_). Holofernes! (_To his attendants_.) Hide her,
rascals, or Assyria is undone. (_The attendants range themselves
between_ Judith _and_ Holofernes.)

(Bagoas _receives_ Holofernes _with a prostration and high ceremony_.)