Day after day Salomé came in secret with a single slave to the hut of Séhon, hunter of gazelles.
The beautiful boy, all tanned and dark, with such white teeth that nothing was brighter, with black tresses that shone to a dark blue hue, as though sprinkled with azure powder, was loved by the Jewish princess, who tried in vain to hide the traces of old age with make‑up.
Only her eyes still shone in bright, flaming points like stars. But the exhausted pallor of her withered skin testified to their deceit.