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When the young woman awoke, it was already full, clear day, and her female slaves stood and waited that they might help her dress.
She was very silent while she dressed, but finally she asked the slave who arranged her hair, if her husband was up. She learned that he had been called out to pass judgment on a criminal. "I should have liked to talk with him," said the young woman.