Solmes. She wishes her to avoid both men. Admires her for her
manifold excellencies.

LETTER XIII. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
Why she cannot overcome her aversion to Solmes. Sharp letter to
Lovelace. On what occasion. All his difficulties, she tells him,
owning to his faulty morals; which level all distinction. Insists
upon his laying aside all thoughts of her. Her impartial and dutiful
reasonings on her difficult situation.

LETTER XIV. Miss Howe to Clarissa.--
A notable debate between her and her mother on her case. Those who
marry for love seldom so happy as those who marry for convenience.
Picture of a modern marriage. A lesson both to parents and children
in love-cases. Handsome men seldom make good husbands. Miss Howe
reflects on the Harlowe family, as not famous for strictness in
religion or piety. Her mother's partiality for Hickman.

LETTER XV. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
Her increased apprehensions. Warmly defends her own mother.
Extenuates her father's feelings; and expostulates with her on her
undeserved treatment of Mr. Hickman. A letter to her from Solmes.
Her spirited answer. All in an uproar about it. Her aunt Hervey's
angry letter to her. She writes to her mother. Her letter returned
unopened. To her father. He tears her letter in pieces, and sends it
back to her. She then writes a pathetic letter to her uncle Harlowe.

LETTER XVI. From the same.--
Receives a gentler answer than she expected from her uncle Harlowe.
Makes a new proposal in a letter to him, which she thinks must be