Every day Mordecai walked back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared.

So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king’s gate.

Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace in front of the king’s rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace.