In the Penknife Scene _Clarissa_ is firmly brave; her Soul abhorred Self-murder, nor would she, as she told Miss _Howe_, willingly like a Coward quit her Post; but in this Case, could she not have awed _Lovelace_ into Distance, tho' _her_ Hand had pointed the Knife, yet might _he_ properly have been said to have struck the Blow. The picturesque Attitude of all present, when _Clarissa_ suddenly cries out, 'God's Eye is upon us' has an Effect upon the Mind that can only be felt; and that it would be a weak and vain Effort for Language to attempt to utter. In the Prison Scene _Clarissa_ exerts a different kind of Bravery. Insult and Distress, Cold and Hardships, to what she was accustomed to, she bears almost in silence; and by her Suffering without repining, without Fear of any thing but _Lovelace_, she is the strongest Proof of what _Shakespear_ says, that _----where the greater Malady is fixt The Lesser is scarce felt----_ And let those who have accused _Clarissa_ of having a suspicious Temper, from her being apt to suspect _Lovelace_, here confess, that it must be the Person's Fault at whom her Suspicion is level'd, when she wants that Companion of a great Mind, a generous Confidence; for how soon does _Belford's_ honest Intentions breaking forth in the Manner in which he addresses her, make her rely on the known Friend of her Destroyer, and the publick Companion of all his Rakeries. Nor can I here pass by in perfect Silence, the noble Simplicity with which _Clarissa_ sums up her Story to Mrs. _Smith_ and Mrs. _Lovick_; for I think 'tis the strongest Pattern that can be imagined of that Simplicity which strikes to the Heart, and melts the Soul with all the softer Passions.