Clarissa, Volume 9 | Page 2

to go abroad; and why. Exhorts him and Tourville to reform, as he is resolved to do.
LETTER XXV. Belford to Lovelace.-- Describing the terrible impatience, despondency, and death of the wretched Sinclair.
[As the bad house is often mentioned in this work, without any other stigma than what arises from the wicked principles and actions occasionally given of the wretches who inhabit it; Mr. Belford here enters into the secret retirements of those creatures, and exposes them in the appearances they are supposed to make, before they are tricked out to ensnare weak and inconsiderate minds.]
LETTER XXVI. Colonel Morden to Mr. Belford.-- With an account of his arrival at Harlowe-place before the body. The dreadful distress of the whole family in expectation of its coming. The deep remorse of James and Arabella Harlowe. Mutual recriminations on recollecting the numerous instances of their inexorable cruelty. Mrs. Norton so ill he was forced to leave her at St. Alban's. He dates again to give a farther account of their distress on the arrival of the hearse. Solemn respect paid to her memory by crowds of people.
LETTER XXVII. From the same.-- Farther interesting accounts of what passed among the Harlowes. Miss Howe expected to see, for the last time, her beloved friend.
LETTER XXVIII. From the same.-- Miss Howe arrives. The Colonel receives her. Her tender woe; and characteristic behaviour.
LETTER XXIX. Colonel Morden to Mr. Belford.-- Mrs. Norton arrives. Amended in spirits. To what owing. Farther recriminations of the unhappy parents. They attempt to see the corpse; but cannot. Could ever wilful hard-heartedness, the Colonel asks, be more severely punished? Substance of the lady's posthumous letter to Mrs. Norton.
LETTER XXX. From the same.-- Account of the funeral solemnity. Heads of the eulogium. The universal justice done to the lady's great and good qualities. Other affecting particulars.
LETTER XXXI. Belford to Colonel Morden.-- Compliments him on his pathetic narratives. Farther account of his executorial proceedings.
LETTER XXXII. James Harlowe to Belford.
LETTER XXXIII. Mr. Belford. In answer.
The lady's LAST WILL. In the preamble to which, as well as in the body of it, she gives several instructive hints; and displays, in an exemplary manner, her forgiving spirit, her piety, her charity, her gratitude, and other christian and heroic virtues.
LETTER XXXIV. Colonel Morden to Mr. Belford.-- The will read. What passed on the occasion.
LETTER XXXV. Belford to Lord M.-- Apprehends a vindictive resentment from the Colonel.--Desires that Mr. Lovelace may be prevailed upon to take a tour.
LETTER XXXVI. Miss Montague. In answer.
Summary account of proceedings relating to the execution of the lady's will, and other matters. Substance of a letter from Mr. Belford to Mr. Hickman; of Mr. Hickman's answer; and of a letter from Miss Howe to Mr. Belford.
LETTER XXXVII. Lovelace to Belford.-- Describing his delirium as dawning into sense and recollection. All is conscience and horror with him, he says. A description of his misery at its height.
LETTER XXXVIII. From the same.-- Revokes his last letter, as ashamed of it. Yet breaks into fits and starts, and is ready to go back again. Why, he asks, did his mother bring him up to know no controul? His heart sickens at the recollection of what he was. Dreads the return of his malady. Makes an effort to forget all.
LETTER XXXIX. Lovelace to Belford.-- Is preparing to leave the kingdom. His route. Seasonable warnings, though delivered in a ludicrous manner, on Belford's resolution to reform. Complains that he has been strangely kept in the dark of late. Demands a copy of the lady's will.
LETTER XL. Belford to Lovelace.-- Justice likely to overtake his instrument Tomlinson. On what occasion. The wretched man's remorse on the lady's account. Belford urges Lovelace to go abroad for his health. Answers very seriously to the warnings he gives him. Amiable scheme for the conduct of his future life.
LETTER XLI. Lovelace to Belford.-- Pities Tomlinson. Finds that he is dead in prison. Happy that he lived not to be hanged. Why. No discomfort so great but some comfort may be drawn from it. Endeavours to defend himself by a whimsical case which he puts between A. a miser, and B. a thief.
LETTER XLII. From the same.-- Ridicules him on the scheme of life he has drawn out for himself. In his manner gives Belford some farther cautions and warnings. Reproaches him for not saving the lady. A breach of confidence in some cases is more excusable than to keep a secret. Rallies him on his person and air, on his cousin Charlotte, and the widow Lovick.
LETTER XLIII. Mr. Belford to Colonel Morden.-- On a declaration he had made, of taking vengeance of Mr. Lovelace. His arguments with him on that subject, from various topics.
LETTER XLIV. The Lady's posthumous letter to her cousin Morden.-- Containing arguments against DUELLING, as well as with regard to her particular case,