clothes. Would have her seem to place some little confidence in
Lovelace. Her brother and sister will not permit her father and uncles
to cool.

LETTR IX. X. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
Advises her to obey her mother, who prohibits their correspondence.
Declines to accept her offers of money: and why. Mr. Lovelace not a
polite man. She will be as ready to place a confidence in him, as he
will be to deserve it. Yet tricked away by him as she was, cannot
immediately treat him with great complaisance. Blames her for her
liveliness to her mother. Encloses the copy of her letter to her sister.

LETTER XI. Lovelace to Belford.--
Prides himself in his arts in the conversations between them. Is alarmed
at the superiority of her talents. Considers opposition and resistance
as a challenge to do his worst. His artful proceedings with Joseph
Leman.

LETTER XII. From the same.--
Men need only be known to be rakes, he says, to recommend themselves to
the favour of the sex. Wishes Miss Howe were not so well acquainted with
Clarissa: and why.

LETTER XIII. From the same.--
Intends to set old Antony at Mrs. Howe, to prevent the correspondence
between the two young ladies. Girl, not gold, his predominant passion.
Rallies Belford on his person and appearance. Takes humourous notice of
the two daughters of the widow Sorlings.

LETTER XIV. From the same.--