Letters 258-268 dated June 14th through June 19th Summary

John Belford pleads with Mr. Lovelace to marry Clarissa now because he is shocked that she lived through the outrage. No other man could have been so cruel to her, and he would give up all of his money for Mr. Lovelace to marry Clarissa. Mr. Lovelace assures John Belford that if he marries, it will be Clarissa, but he is unsure what to do because he still wants cohabitation, but more importantly, forgiveness. Clarissa is stupefied from the drugs used to subdue her. Mr. Lovelace has told Clarissa that Miss Howe is very ill and unable to write her. Miss Howe has not received a response from Clarissa to her last letter. Mrs. Townsend arrives at Hampstead to meet Clarissa but is told that Clarissa and Mr. Lovelace...