Clarissa · Character
Miss Patty Montague
Lovelace's other cousin, another respectable Montague name he dangles before Clarissa whenever he needs the appearance of family sanction.
supporting
Also known as Miss Patty Montague, Patty, Martha Montague, Miss Martha Montague
First appearance: clarissa
As a supporting figure in Clarissa, Miss Patty Montague is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Considered as a possible companion but deemed too low-spirited and timorous by Lovelace.
Patty Montague, sometimes called Martha, belongs to the same Montague household as Charlotte and shares her reputation for virtue. Lovelace invokes both cousins together when he wants Clarissa to believe that his family will receive her, and Clarissa's wary response — she cannot wish to see them, she says, even if they come to plead for him — shows how little weight those names actually carry with her. The Montague cousins matter less as individuals than as a measure of Lovelace's method: he surrounds himself with honorable women whose honor he can borrow without ever letting them near enough to interfere.
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- Letter 88: Miss Clarissa Harlowe, to Miss Howe
- Letter 285: Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq.
- Letter 321: Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq.
- Letter 322: Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq.
- Letter 323: Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq.
- Letter 327: Miss Howe, to Miss Clarissa Harlowe
- Letter 332: Miss Montague, to Miss Howe
- Letter 359: Miss Clarissa Harlowe, to Miss Howe
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