Esther 7:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Esther replied, “Our enemy is this wicked man Haman.”

In terror, Haman faced the king and queen. ⁷ The king got up in a rage, left his wine, and went out into the palace garden. But Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, since he feared that the king had already decided his fate.

⁸ So Haman threw himself upon the couch on which Esther was reclining. At that very moment the king was just returning from the palace garden to the banquet hall. The king exclaimed: “Will he also violate the queen while she is with me in my own house?”

The words were scarcely out of the king’s mouth when Haman’s face was covered.