Esther and the King (1960)
Walter Williams: Hegai
Quotes
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Hegai : A plain white gown. Such simplicity! Was it your choice?
Esther : Yes.
Hegai : Indeed. One might think you have no desire to win a queen's crown. A most becoming modesty. It pleases me. An unassuming virtue that needs rewarding.
[to the servants]
Hegai : Fetch me the cloak of gold!
[to the maidens]
Hegai : You may rest, my little doves.
[Hegai brings the golden cloak]
Esther : I am grateful, but I don't wish to be so favored.
Keresh : I will accept it.
Esther : Oh, yes. Yes, give it to her.
Hegai : [to Keresh] Speak only when you're spoken to!
Keresh : Take care, eunuch! I have mighty friends.
Hegai : In the brothels of the street of the soldiers, no doubt!
[to Esther]
Hegai : Here, my child. I ask you to wear it. Please.
[wraps the cloak around Esther]
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Hegai : [Keresh steals Esther's golden cloak, wraps it around herself, and leaves the harem to go to the throne room] Vanity! Avarice! That cloak won't hide your wickedness!
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Hegai : [Keresh has stolen Esther's golden robe and now it is Esther's turn to present herself to the King] Do not grieve that you've lost the splendor of the golden robe. Nothing can prevail against the King's mistrust of female ambition. What a squandering of beauty! The fairest from all the provinces and now they will be sent home to milk goats.
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King Ahasuerus : I choose you, Esther, but I do not command you. I ask you to remain here for a while. Let time be the king. Let it command your heart to go or to stay.
[to Hegai]
King Ahasuerus : Attend her, Hegai, as if she already wore the crown.
Hegai : My Queen to be!