⁹ The young woman pleased him^[a] and she won favor in his presence, and he quickly provided for her beauty treatment and her portion of food, with seven chosen maids to give to her from the king’s palace,^[b] and he advanced her and her maids to the best part of the harem.^{[c] 10} Esther did not disclose her people and her family because Modecai had charged her that she must not tell. ¹¹ And every day Modecai would walk up and down in front of the courtyard of the harem^[d] to learn how Esther was doing.^[e]