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Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady Volume 1 Letter XXXIV
In which the narrator, stationed in a humble alehouse near Harlowe-place, enjoins his companion Jack to come to his side for companionship and amusement, particularly in the company of a sweet and innocent village girl he fondly terms his Rose-bud, whose simple purity he earnestly charges them to protect. As he contemplates the tender and unspoken passion between her and a neighbourly youth, he reflects with a mixture of regret and hope upon the nature of love and virtue, resolving to atone for past misdeeds by aiding the innocent couple’s future happiness.
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