Smerdis
She should have feasted with
The king.
Ahafid
I did not hear.
Smerdis
[Aloud.]
Old Xerxes lost
The finest houri in his harem. Oh,
The royal fool!
Ahafid
The Jewess Esther's but
A girl, as beauteous as a lustrous star,
But innocent as dawn of dew-washed day.
Smerdis