Excerpt from Clarissa; Or the History of a Young Lady, Vol. 2 of 8: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; And Particularly Shewing the Distresses That May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage

Angry! - What should I be angry for? I am mightily pleased with your freedom, as you call it. I only wonder at your patience with me; that"s all. I am sorry I gave you the trouble of so long a letter upon the occasion, notwithstanding the pleasure I received in reading it.

I believe you did not intend reserves to me: for two reasons I believe you did not: first, because you say you did not: next, because you have not as yet been able to convince yourself how it is to be with you; and persecuted as you are, how so to separate the effects that spring from the two causes [persecution and love] as to give to each its particular due.

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