It may be that she weeps for him
Who won her girlish heart before we came
To Shushan or had ever seen the king.
Zeresh
And yet that can not be. The shepherd's crook
Is not the golden sceptre of a king.
I have no doubt that she has long since ceased
To think of youthful dreams. She rules the king,
And what more does a woman want?
Mordecai
I did
Not hope to make her understand at once.
My reasons were too subtle for her heart.
And so I kept my counsel, for I knew
No girl would ever sacrifice her love
To save the remnant of a nation's life.
Zeresh
[Justifying.]
And why might even Esther not forget
When once she felt the spell of royal power—
The tinsel show and glamour of the court?
No woman lives that would not be a queen.
Mordecai
I knew Ahasuerus was a brute,
But what of that? Through Esther I have saved
A half a million souls.