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OZIAS (_moved_). Open the gates.
JUDITH (_to_ Haggith). Nothing is forgotten?
HAGGITH. Nothing.
(Judith _moves a step towards the gates._)
OZIAS. The soul of my soul goes with you into the valley.
JUDITH (_to_ Haggith, _solemnly_). And the knife?
(Haggith _gives a gesture. At the same moment a woman comes from the
house with a knife, which she hands to_ Haggith, _who hands it to_
Judith, _who takes it ceremoniously, and hides it in her dress. The
gates are now opened, and the distant plain under the setting sun is
seen covered with the tents of the Assyrian army_.)
(Judith _goes slowly through the gates, followed by_ Haggith _carrying
the baggage_.)
VOICES (_as_ Judith _passes_). Water! Water!
OZIAS (_with deep emotion_). Close the gates. Light the watchfires.
(_The gates begin slowly to close. The glow of the watchfires is seen_.)
CURTAIN.
ACT II
SCENE I
_The valley of Jezreel. The city of Bethulia on the hill in the
distance_.
Haggith _with her baggage enters to_ Ingur _and his men_.
TIME: _The next morning but one_.
INGUR. What art thou?
HAGGITH (_prudishly and coldly_).
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