Medes told him at their proper act was punished with banishment. So it happened that Ahasuerus that same penalty to a law of the Medes and Persians declared and his wife once forbade even to appear before them. She wrapped herself then of misery in a geniux bag with ash. These two phrases from the Book of Esther are so ended up in the Dutch language. Later he married the Jewish Esther, so it was his second wife. " Meanwhile, Mabel had ordered their lunch and she tried several times to push her book under.
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