³ but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!^(A) Why should my face not look sad when the city^(B) where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?^(C)”

¹⁰ The queen,^[a] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!”^(A) she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

⁶ So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!^(A)