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so when they told him it was Aman, Let him come in, the king said. (Esther 6, 5)
Aman, said Assuerus, when he came in, what should a king do, if his heart is set on raising one of his subjects to great honour? And Aman, casting about in his mind, could think of no other man that would be so marked out for the royal favour, but himself. (Esther 6, 6)
he should be dressed in royal robes, mounted on the king’s own horse, and crowned with the royal crown; (Esther 6, 8)
and let him ride through the city streets, with the noblest of all the king’s vassals crying out at his bridle-rein, So he rides, whom most the king would honour. (Esther 6, 9)
Lose no time, then, the king answered; bring robe and horse, and do as much thyself for the Jew Mardochaeus, that sits there at the palace gates. And have a care that none of the ceremonies thou speakest of goes unobserved. (Esther 6, 10)
So Aman must bring robe and horse, must dress Mardochaeus and mount him, and then go through the city streets at his bridle-rein, crying out, So he rides, whom most the king would honour. (Esther 6, 11)
So met they once again, the king and Aman, over the queen’s wine. (Esther 7, 1)
My lord king, she said, if this is indeed thy gracious pleasure, one gift I would ask, my life; one boon, the preservation of my people. (Esther 7, 3)
Must we be crushed to nothing, I and my people; must we perish by massacre? To that we are doomed. If we were only marked down for slaves and bondwomen, our lot should be bravely borne; I would have nursed my grief in silence. But here is an enemy whose cruel designs concern the king’s grace. (Esther 7, 4)
One enemy we have, said Esther, one schemer’s malice we fear, and he is here in thy presence; Aman.Upon hearing this, Aman was struck dumb, and could look neither king nor queen in the eyes. (Esther 7, 6)
The king rose angrily from his place, left the banqueting-room, and went out to walk in the garden, among his trees. With that, Aman rose too, intent on winning his pardon from queen Esther; doubt he might not that the king was bent on his undoing. (Esther 7, 7)
Thus minded, he fell sprawling across the couch on which Esther lay; and so the king found him, when he returned from garden to banqueting-room. What, cried he, will he ravish the queen before my eyes, and in my own house? And before the words were out of his mouth Aman was gagged and blindfold. (Esther 7, 8)
