Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand without her bedchamber, and to wait for her. coming forth, as she did daily: for she said she would go forth to her prayers, and she spake to Bagoas according to the same purpose.
Judith had told her maid to stand outside the bedroom and wait for her to come out, as she did every day, saying she would go out to pray; she had said the same thing to Bagoas.
