15. One day, while they were waiting for the right moment, she entered as usual, with two maids only, wanting to bathe in the garden, for the weather was warm.
16. Nobody else was there except the two elders, who had hidden themselves and were watching her.
17. “Bring me oil and soap,” she said to the maids, “and shut the garden gates while I bathe.”
18. They did as she said; they shut the garden gates and left by the side gate to fetch what she had ordered, unaware that the elders were hidden inside.