acknowledges his folly for having ever spoken lightly of matrimony.

LETTER XXXII. From the same.--
Another letter from Mr. Lovelace, in which he expresses himself
extremely apprehensive of the issue of her interview with Solmes.
Presses her to escape; proposes means for effecting it; and threatens
to rescue her by violence, if they attempt to carry her to her uncle
Antony's against her will. Her terror on the occasion. She insists,
in her answer, on his forbearing to take any rash step; and expresses
herself highly dissatisfied that he should think himself entitled to
dispute her father's authority in removing her to her uncle's. She
relies on Mrs. Howe's protection till her cousin Morden arrives.

LETTER XXXIII. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
A visit from her aunt Hervey, preparative to the approaching interview
with Solmes. Her aunt tells her what is expected on her having
consented to that interview.

LETTER XXXIV. XXXV. From the same.--
A particular account of what passed in the interview with Solmes; and
of the parts occasionally taken in it by her boisterous uncle, by her
brutal brother, by her implacable sister, and by her qualifying aunt.
Her perseverance and distress. Her cousin Dolly's tenderness for her.
Her closet searched for papers. All the pens and ink they find taken
from her.

LETTER XXXVI. From the same.--
Substance of a letter from Lovelace. His proposals, promises, and
declarations. All her present wish is, to be able to escape Solmes,
on one hand, and to avoid incurring the disgrace of refuging with the