John Trapp on Esther 6:12

Verſe 12. And Mordecai came again to the Kings gate] No whit over-joyed of his new honour, or puffed up thereby (as many would have been, a ſmall winde bloweth up a bubble) only he conceiveth hope thereby of a better condition, and taketh every former mercy for a pledge of a future: this experience breedeth confidence. He doth not ruſh into the Court at his return, and reach after an higher room, but came again to the Kings gate, where his office was, and his buſineſſe lay: he took up alſo, as ſome think, his old habit again: (the Kings apparel and horſe being reſtored to the right owner, he had as little delight in it, as David once had of Sauls armour;) but it is rather probable, ſaith an Expoſitour, that he now left that off, being full of hope, that as God had heard his prayers, to bring him out of danger, and to high honour: ſo he ſhould now, be able to help his brethren the Jewes out of theirs alſo. Mean-while he doth not envie his ſuperiours, inſult over his inferiours, trouble his equals, threaten his enemies, &c. but committeth himſelf and all his affairs to Gods good pleaſure and Providence and this is the guiſe of a godly man, Pſal. 131.1, 2.

But Haman haſted to his houſe mourning] Or, vexed at heart, fretting within himſelfe, that he was ſo very much diſappointed. Merrily he made account to have gone to the Queens feaſt, when he had firſt truſſed up Mordecai. Of which not only miſſing, but made to do him publike honour in that ſort, and that by his own direction, this gall'd him and grieved him above meaſure; ſo bladder-like is the foul of an unregenerate man, that filled with earthly vanities, though but winde, it growes great, and ſwells in pride: but if prick't with the leaſt pin of piercing grief, it ſhriveleth to nothing.

And having his head covered] With his cap pulled over his eyes, as aſhamed to look any one in the face. See, 2 Sam. 15.30. Jer. 14.4.