Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3

53

See Letter XLV. of this volume.

54

See Vol.II. Letter XLVII.

55

See Letter XVIII. of this volume.

56

This letter was from Miss Arabella Harlowe.  See Let. LV.

57

Notwithstanding what Mrs. Hervey here says, it will be hereafter seen that this severe letter was written in private concert with the implacable Arabella.

58

Mr. Lovelace, in his next Letter, tells his friend how extremely ill the Lady was, recovering from fits to fall into stronger fits, and nobody expecting her life. She had not, he says, acquainted Miss Howe how very ill she was.—In the next Letter, she tells Miss Howe, that her motives for suspending were not merely ceremonious ones.

59

See Letter XXXV. and Letter XXXVI. of this volume.

60

See Letter XXXVI. of this volume.

61

See Letter XVIII. of this volume.

62

See Letter XXXIX. of this volume.