Jos.Nor doth he
Think as he speaks. Alas! long years of grief
Have made him sometimes thus.
Ulr.Explain to me
More clearly, then, these claims of Stralenheim,
That, when I see the subject in its bearings,
I may prepare to face him, or at least
To extricate you from your present perils.
I pledge myself to accomplish this—but would170
I had arrived a few hours sooner!