LETTER 186
Miss Clarissa Harlowe, to Miss Howe
LETTER 186Visible text2 paragraphs
Tuesday Night, May 16
Mr. Lovelace has sent me, by Dorcas, his proposals, as follow:
"To spare a delicacy so extreme, and to obey you, I write: and the rather that you may communicate this paper to Miss Howe, who may consult any of her friends you shall think proper to have entrusted on this occasion. I say entrusted; because, as you know, I have given it out to several persons, that we are actually married.
Mr. Lovelace has sent me, by Dorcas, his proposals, as follow:
"To spare a delicacy so extreme, and to obey you, I write: and the rather that you may communicate this paper to Miss Howe, who may consult any of her friends you shall think proper to have entrusted on this occasion. I say entrusted; because, as you know, I have given it out to several persons, that we are actually married.
"In the first place, Madam, I offer to settle upon you, by way of jointure, your whole estate: and moreover to vest in trustees such a part of mine in Lancashire, as shall produce a clear four hundred pounds a year, to be paid to your sole and separate use quarterly.