it.

BAGOAS. Then it is right that my lord remains not. And moreover the
Council humbly waits for my lord. (_Exit_ Holofernes, _L_.)

BAGOAS (_to_ Judith, _as he follows_ Holofernes). Did I not say that you
and I shall rule them that rule Assyria? (_Exit L_.)

_Enter_ Haggith, _back, with provisions_.

HAGGITH (_excited, looking round to see if they are alone_). Mistress!
Is it possible?

JUDITH. What has taken thee?

HAGGITH. Is this the tent of the monster?

JUDITH. Hush!

HAGGITH (_whispering_). It is greater and more magnificent than the
temple at Bethulia. (_Looking into a corner_.) But unclean. Have they
no besoms?... Ah! (_Looking up at the roof_.) The bigness of it makes me
small like a child before it can walk. I could not live comfortably in
such a great windy place. No! I prefer our own house to all this
royalty.

JUDITH. Give me food, Haggith. Where hast thou been? (_She sits_.)

HAGGITH. Mistress, I have been with the man Ingur! (_Arranging_ Judith's
_costume, and then setting out the food and wine_.) In obedience to your