Study Guide

Clarissa Letters 304-334

By Samuel Richardson

Letters 304-334

Now, Clarissa's covering her bases. She writes to Mrs. Hodges to find out if she knows a Captain Tomlinson.
Nope, says Mrs. Hodges. At this point Clarissa wants to scream at Lovelace: "You sit upon a throne of lies!"
Finally, Anna figures out that her letters have been intercepted. She's totally shocked at Clarissa's horrible fate and tells her to nail that sucker in court.
Uh-oh, Lovelace is in trouble. His aunt and cousin are not too pleased that they were impersonated by prostitutes, and the story is starting to get out.
Plus, the cousins pay him a visit to really bawl him out.
Still, he L-O-V-E-S Clarissa. Like, he really wants to marry her now.
Clarissa is trying to relate the whole gruesome story to Anna via letter, but she keeps getting sick. She can barely write at this point.
After reading the whole story, Anna writes back. But Clarissa's vanished again!
Unfortunately, Clarissa's prostitute companions from Mrs. Sinclair's place have come back to bug her.
They have her arrested as she walks out of church one morning.
Apparently, Clarissa owes them money. That's a big fat lie, but we'll bet Dorcas started getting a little greedy.
Belford to the rescue! After Lovelace finds out, he sends his buddy over to take care of the sitch.