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.]
Zeresh