Samuel Richardson novel, one of the earliest written in English

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Richardson, authour of Clarissa, and other novels of extensive reputation.

There had been setting of caps, without number, ay, and pulling them too, an the truth were known among the fair Stellas and Clarissas, the Daphnes and Dorises, of Charlemont, but, though Stevens was sufficiently considerate of the claims of each, so far as politeness demanded it, and contrived to say pleasant things, pour passer le temps, with all of them, it was very soon apparent to the most sanguine, that the imperial beauties and imperious mind of Margaret Cooper had secured the conquest for herself.

A serious bluestocking in her own right, Aunt Clarissa shared his views on education.

There had been men who had attempted to change her attitude, but she had always firmly and determinedly rebuffed them, making it clear that they were wasting their time, and she had no idea why on earth a man like Nicholas Forbes with a wife as attractive as Clarissa Forbes should show any interest in a woman like her, who could not afford to dress in anything other than the cheapest chain store clothes, who could never afford the money or the time to visit a hairdresser or beauty salon, whose hands were serviceable rather than elegant, with short unpainted nails--hands which were far more used to the hard realities of life than the sensual pleasures.

She doubted if Clarissa Forbes had ever wanted for anything in her entire life.

The clothes she was wearing were expensive designer models, her hair, her hands, everything about her proclaimed that Clarissa was an adored, petted woman whose single most important preoccupation in life was herself and her own needs.

Even if the kind of friendship he had been offering her had included Clarissa, even if Clarissa her self had been willing to welcome her to their circle of friends, which she quite plainly was not, Tania doubted if she would have felt comfortable with them.

She had gone from feeling sorry for him for the sad state of his marriage to feeling that perhaps he and Clarissa deserved one another after all.

If the kind of relationship Nicholas and Clarissa shared was marriage, commitment, then she was glad she had never experienced it.

She was furious with Nicholas for involving her in what should have been his strictly private affairs, and how on earth Clarissa could be silly enough to believe his lies about her she really had no idea.

Surely Clarissa must have girlfriends whom he could equally effectively have used?

The woman had just paid her bill and was on the point of departing with her purchases when the shop door opened, and when she looked up Tania saw Clarissa Forbes walking in, accompanied by two boys who were obviously her sons.

Watching discreetly as Clarissa prowled aggressively round the shop, disturbing the displays and disparaging her stock in a voice which Tania suspected was deliberately intended to carry, Tania felt her stomach muscles clench in a mixture of anger and dread.

Eventually Clarissa sat down, but Tania was al ready dealing with an enquiry from a rather harassed woman who was nervously asking if she could possibly recommend a good shoe for her daughter that cost under thirty pounds.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Clarissa growing increasingly impatient, but she refused to allow herself to be affected by her rudeness.