Zeresh
And Esther's life
Was forfeit then through Haman's wicked hate.
Mordecai
I wear the royal robe of blue and white.
Zeresh
Does Esther think because her vanity
Is flattered by the jewels of a queen
That Mordecai is moved by pomp and show?
Mordecai
'Tis not the kingly trappings but the seal—
Not sceptre merely but the signet ring,
Not rank, but rule that Mordecai would have.
I can not understand her tears no more
Than she knows why I wear the crown. But I
Am justified. Jehovah wrought through me.
[Exit Mordecai.]
Zeresh