How we cite our quotes: (Letter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
If anything happens to delay your nuptials, I would advise you to remove: but if you marry, you may, perhaps, think it no great matter to stay where you are, till you take possession of your own estate (164.8)
Clarissa has to be very careful once she's in Lovelace's power. Her reputation is still salvageable, but one misstep could make it go poof—and with it, all her family's attempts at social climbing.
Quote #5
What will the people below, who suppose us as one to the ceremony, think of so great a niceness? (227.2)
Lovelace is definitely trying to take advantage of Clarissa's class-consciousness. As long as they pretend to be married, it's okay, right? Not so much. Clarissa is all about the substance and not so much about the appearance.
Quote #6
All my hope is find some reputable family, or person of my own sex, who is obliged to beyond sea, or who lives abroad […] (230.3)
Clarissa's sure that her life in England is done for. Her only hope is to book it out of there and start over. Sounds romantic, eh? Not so much when you consider that she's talking about being a servant for the rest of her life.