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Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter XXIV
In which Clarissa receives a harsh and restrictive decree from her family, forbidding her from seeing them or certain acquaintances, and confining her almost entirely to her chamber under strict surveillance. She responds with a heavy heart, lamenting her inability to defend herself and pleading against further severity that might deepen her disgrace.
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