NEH 2:1

1 After King Artaxerxes [had been ruling the Persian Empire] for almost 20 years, ◄during the spring/before the hot season► of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him [during a feast], I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, [but on that day he saw that I looked very sad].