And on the fourth day, Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and he called none of the officers to the banquet. Then he said to Bagoas the eunuch, who was in charge of all that he had,
"Go now and persuade this Hebrew woman who is with you that she should come to us, and eat and drink with us.
For, see, it will be a shame upon our person, if we let such a woman go without having had her company; for if we do not draw her to us, she will laugh at us in scorn."
Then Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and he came to her and said,