This slaughter of the Jews?

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Parshandatha

Approve, madam?

She is a queen, but still a woman!

Zeresh

So

Am I, though not a queen! A woman, yes

But with no stomach for that hated race!

Parshandatha

'Tis whispered in the court that Esther is

Herself a Jew.

Zeresh

The Persian queen a Jew!

Then let her perish with her blood.

Parshandatha

But would

My lord consent to Esther's death?

Zeresh

Consent

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