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Overhears her brother and sister encourage Solmes to persevere in his address.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel

Overhears her brother and sister exulting in the success of their schemes; and undertaking, the one to keep his father up to his resentment on occasion of Lovelace's menaces, the other her mother.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel