Haman

[Pleading.]

Oh, queen, I do beseech

You, save me from his wrath.

Ahasuerus

[Angrily.]

Harbonah, let

This traitor, Haman, die at once.

Harbonah

My lord,

You know the scaffold that the premier built

For Mordecai?

Ahasuerus

The premier! What's that,

Harbonah? You mock your king? Let him

Be hanged upon this gallows. Call the Jew!

He holds the first place in my kingdom now.

[Exeunt Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Harbonah, and attendants.][43]

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Zeresh

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