pardon for all those little occasions of displeasure which her forwarder
youth might give you; and for the disgrace which her fall has fastened
upon you, and upon her family.

May you, my Sister, continue to bless those dear and honoured relations,
whose indulgence so well deserves your utmost gratitude, with those
cheerful instances of duty and obedience which have hitherto been so
acceptable to them, and praise-worthy in you! And may you, when a
suitable proposal shall offer, fill up more worthily that chasm, which
the loss they have sustained in me has made in the family!

Thus, my Arabella! my only sister! and for many happy years, my friend!
most fervently prays that sister, whose affection for you, no acts, no
unkindness, no misconstruction of her conduct, could cancel! And who
NOW, made perfect (as she hopes) through sufferings, styles herself,

The happy
CLARISSA HARLOWE.



LETTER XVIII

TO JOHN AND ANTONY HARLOWE, ESQRS.


HONOURED SIRS,

When these lines reach your hands, your late unhappy niece will have
known the end of all her troubles; and, as she humbly hopes, will be