I will acquaint thee with my humble request. She did not present her petition at this time, but delayed it till the next meeting; either through modesty, or because she was a little daunted with the king's presence, and had not yet good courage to propose her request; or in policy, because she would further engage the king's affection to her by a second entertainment, and would also intimate to him that her petition was of a more than ordinary nature; and principally by direction and disposition of the Divine Providence, which took away her courage or utterance for this time, that she might have a better opportunity for it the next time, by that great accident which happened before it.
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Esther 5:8
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to performa my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.