[Not hearing.] Ahasuerus does not seem
To know a Persian law can not be changed.
Smerdis
He knows that lawyers can be bribed.
Ahafid
What's that?
Smerdis
[Louder.]
Just thinking of the lustrous stars of dawn.
Ahafid
But Mordecai believes that Esther can
Control the king, and yet may save the Jews.