Esther 6:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the king's house, to speak to the king, that he might order Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet which was prepared for him.

⁵ The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.

⁶ And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,