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When did Achashverosh stop rounding up fair maidens?

So first Achashverosh was married to Vashti. Then no more Vashti. Then he's rounding up all the fair maidens in the land to um, "meet" them, one per night, but they're still stuck in one of his royal ...
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Why did Esther make two parties; why not just one?

What was the purpose of the two parties with Haman and Achashverosh if one could have done the job? Meaning, what happened that she needed a second party?