It is bad manners for Richardson's heroines to "declare all they think [since] fig leaves are necessary for our minds as our bodies."
To the Countess of Bute
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. <u>The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu</u>. Vol. II. in <u>Collection of Ancient and Modern British Novels and Romances</u>. Vol. CLXIX.  Ed. Lord Wharncliffe. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1837.
