10. (a) What devestating emotional blow does Haman experience? (b) After the ceremony honoring Mordecai, does the Agagite receive any comfort from his wife and friends?

¹⁰ “Quickly,” says Ahasuerus, “take the apparel and the horse, just as you have said, and do that way to Mordecai the Jew who is sitting in the king’s gate. Do not let anything go unfulfilled of all that you have spoken.” What a devastating blow to proud Haman! But what can he do? Failure to comply would mean certain death.

Esther 6:10