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113 his presence. What, said the King, shall be done to the man whom the King delighteth to honor? Haman, believing that he himself was that man, suggested that the royal apparel which the King used to wear should be put upon him, and the King’s horse should be given him, and the King’s crown be placed upon his head, and that he, thus mounted and arrayed, might pass through the whole city, a messenger preceding him and proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King delighteth to honor.” Immediately the King commanded him to take the apparel and the horse, and confer this honor upon Mordecai the Jew, who sat in the King’s gate. This humiliation was almost too great for Haman to endure. With unspeakable sorrow he returned to his house lamenting his mortification. While bewailing his humiliating condition in the presence of his friends, one of the Queen’s chamberlains came to his house and hastened him to the banquet. No sooner had he taken his place