[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 31 March 1753:] 'I cannot help mentioning to you, because I know it will give you pleasure, the good fortune that has fallen to one of your pretty disciples in my neighbourhood, who is a great admirer of Clarissa. She is the daughter of a yeoman near me [goes on to tell how the young woman has been married to "a gentleman in possession of a very handsome estate, and who will have a greater"] [...] Her neatness, modesty, and sweetness of temper, often put me in mind of your Pamela in her single state: but when I visited them lately on their marriage, the likeness was extremely striking [...] the same unaffected humility towards those whom she was now raised to a level with, and that sort of awful regard for her benefactor which you so finely paint in that amiable character, were truly exemplified here. The gentleman, like Mr. B., has the majority against him on this occasion; but he is contented rather to be happy than fashionable.'