Joseph Andrews Lust Quotes

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Quote #10

She started from her sleep, her imagination being all on fire with the phantom, when her eyes accidentally glancing towards the spot where yesterday the true Joseph had stood, that little circumstance raised his idea in the liveliest colours in her memory. (4.1.6)

Lady Booby's willing to marry Joseph to satisfy her lust. Or does her attachment to Joseph go beyond lust? We think it's most likely that Fielding's joke is that Lady Booby wants to marry Joseph just to get him in the sack—and not so much because she's found her true love.