[Enter Mordecai meditatively, followed by Zeresh, who is unseen by him at first.]
Mordecai
The name of Haman perish from the earth!
The seed of Abraham be multiplied
Until they are as numberless as sands
Upon ocean's shore! This was my prayer,
I learned it at my mother's knee. Was I
Not justified?
Zeresh
[Disguised as a Hebrew woman.]
The Holy Scripture saith,
"Vengeance belongs to God."
Mordecai
But was I not
His instrument? Jehovah wrought through me;
His will, not mine was done.
Zeresh
And yet His will
Was yours?