oweing to her having just iſsued froma CirculatingLibrary — but she c^d .could notseparate the idea of a complete Heroine from Clara Brereton. Her situation with Lady Denham so very much in favour ofit! – She seemed placed with her on pur::pose to be ill-used. ^ –^SuchPoverty & Dependancejoined to^^suchBeauty & Merit, seemed to leaveno choice in the busineſs. – These feelingswere not the result of any spirit of Ro::mance in Charlotte herself —. No, she wasa very sober-minded young Lady, suffici::ently well-read in Novels to supply herImagination with amusement, but not at all unreasonably influenced by them;& while she pleased herself in the^^first 5 minuteswith fancying the Persecutions which oughtto ^{be the Lot of}a^wait the interesting Clara, especially in the form of the most barbarous conduct on Lady Denham's side, she found no re::luctance to admit from subsequent ob::servation, that they appeared to be onvery comfortable Terms. — She c^d .could seenothing worse in Lady Denham,'s than the sort of oldfashioned formality of always callingher Miſs Clara — nor any thing objectionable in the degree of observance & attention whichClara paid. — On one side it seemed protecting