Is this all the love that he bore me, my husband, to…

Is this all the love that he bore me, my husband, to publish my face To the nobles of Media and Persia, whose hearts are besotted and base? Did he think me a slave, me, Vashti, the Beautiful, me, Queen of Queens, To summon me thus for a show to the midst of his bacchanal scenes?

Vashti means “Beautiful Woman;” Esther means “A Star.”