The Coquette: Flashbacks 1 key example

Letter I. to Miss Lucy Freeman.
Explanation and Analysis—Eliza's Engagement:

In Eliza's opening letters to her friend Lucy, she recounts her previous engagement to Mr. Haly, the man her parents initially chose for her to marry, in a flashback: 

As their choice; as a good man, and a faithful friend, I esteemed him. But no one acquainted with the disparity of our tempers and dispositions, our views and designs, can suppose my heart much engaged in the alliance.