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"What is it, Esther? I am your husband. Take courage;
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You shall not die, for our law applies only to our subjects. Come near."
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Then he raised the golden scepter and touched her neck with it;
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he embraced her, and said, "Speak to me."
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She said to him, "I saw you, my lord, like an angel of God, and my heart was shaken with fear at your glory.