To forestall my request?
Val. 'T is granted, sir!
My heart instructs me. I have scrutinized
Your claims ...
Berth. Ah—claims, you mean, at first preferred?
I come, before the hour appointed me,
To pray you let those claims at present rest,
In favor of a new and stronger one.
Val. You shall not need a stronger: on the part
O' the lady, all you offer I accept,