George Leo Haydock, on Esth 2:1

“After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:”

“Suffered. He began to repent. The Persians used to deliberate when warm with wine: but their decrees were not ratified till they had examined them again the next day. (Herodotus i. 133.) — This was not the case here; the king divorced his wife without any delay. (Calmet) — Septuagint intimate that he presently lost thoughts of her. “He no longer remembered Vasthi with any affection, reflecting what she had said, and how he had condemned her.” (Haydock) — But the Alexandrian copy agrees with the Hebrew. (Calmet)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.