The Black Moth


9 "...what do you mean by hugging and kissing me wife under me very eyes?"
Miles O'Hara talking to Jack Carstares

52 "Money! money - always money!" she cried. "I do not care one rap for it! And --- is not wealthy!"
Lady Lavinia is talking to her brother Tracy Belmanoir (the Duke) about money and her husband Richard

100 "And cultivate a stupid expression. Yes, that will do excellently."

X grinned delightedly; he had assumed no expression of stupidity, and was consequently much pleased with this pleasantry.

Jack Carstares talking to his valet Jim Salter (X)

107 Who was the small spider?
The small spider is Chilters, a clerk to a merchant. When Jack Carstares holds up the carriage, the merchant had Chilters try to hold the door of the carriage shut. However, when Jack opened the door, he fell out into the road and looked like a small spider sprawling in the dirt.

122 "And ye should not pout your pretty lips at me if ye are not wanting me to kiss them."
Miles O'Hara talking to his wife while she was sitting on his lap (!)

198 "Oh, you cur! -- you coward! Undo my hands!"
Diana Beauleigh to the Duke of Andover

215 "I have conceived a dislike - nay, a veritable hatred for puce. I will wear blue."
Jack Carstares talking to his valet Jim Salter deciding what to dress before joining the Beauleigh family

230 "There was no thought of pleasing you when I was christened," ___ quoted lazily.
The Duke of Andover quoting to Diana Beauleigh

234 This one has to do with duelling in Georgette Heyer's 18th- and19th-century novels, there may be more situations than the number specified, but you only need to find the number asked for:

1. Name three brothers (of heroines) who had been involved in a duel.

See also The Convenient Marriage (Pelham)
See also The Masqueraders (Robin Tremaine)
See also Pistols for Two: The Duel (Lord Saltwood)
See also Regency Buck (Peregrine Taverner)
2. Name the five heroines for whose sake (directly and indirectly) the duels were fought.
Diana Beauleigh
See also Beauvallet (Dominica de Rada y Sylva)
See also The Convenient Marriage (Horatia)
See also Devil's Cub (Mary Challoner)
See also Friday's Child (Kitten)
See also The Masqueraders (Letitia Grayson)
See also The Masqueraders (Prudence Tremaine)
See also Pistols for Two (Marianne Dashwood)
See also Powder and Patch (Cleone Charteris)
3. Name the eight heroes that had fought a duel in their past or during the course of the book.
See also Beauvallet (Nick Beauvallet)
See also The Convenient Marriage (Marcus, Earl of Rule)
See also Devil's Cub (Dominic, Marquis of Vidal)
See also Friday's Child (Sherry)
See also The Masqueraders (Anthony Fanshawe)
See also The Masqueraders (Robin Tremaine)
See also Powder and Patch (Phillip Jettan)
See also These Old Shades (Justin, Duke of Avon)
See also Venetia (Jasper Damerel)

274 Name nine pivotal characters that get injured through a shooting during the course of the book but survive.
Jack Carstares
See also Devil's Cub (Dominic Alastair)
See also The Grand Sophy (Lord Charlbury )
See also Pistols for Two: The Duel (Lord Rotherfield)
See also The Quiet Gentleman (Gervase Frant)
See also Regency Buck (Charles Audley)
See also The Reluctant Widow (Nicky Carlyon)
See also The Spanish Bride (Harry Smith)
See also Sprig Muslin (Sir Gareth Ludlow)
See also The Talisman Ring (Ludovic Lavenham)
See also These Old Shades (Rupert Alastair)
See also The Unknown Ajax (Richmond Darracott)

328 Name as many novels as you can in which houses are broken into in the course of the action.

The common law definition of breaking and entering involves entering at night with felonious intent, but I am willing to waive both those requirements. I do, however, require that the break-in involve someone entering a house stealthily, and in an unconventional manner. Forcing one's way in past the servants does not count. Nor does breaking into an office or a hotel. I mean someone's residence. Each novel counts only as one answer, even if there's more than one break-in.

Jack breaks into Andover's house to rescue Diana
See also Beauvallet (Beauvallet breaks into Dona Beatrice's country house and ties her up)
See also The Convenient Marriage (Pelham and Drelincourt walk in through Robert's open door)
See also Cotillion (Kitty sneaks into her uncle's house after meeting Freddy)
See also False Colours (Kit breaks into his brother's house through a window)
See also Pistols for Two: The Duel (Dorothea Saltwood walks into Lord Rotherfield's house through the open door)
See also The Quiet Gentleman (Theo and Martin break into Gervase's room from outside through the secret entrance)
See also Regency Buck (Worth breaks into Bernard's house to rescue Judith)
See also The Reluctant Widow (Who doesn't break into Eleanor's house?)
See also The Talisman Ring (Ludovic breaks into the Beau's house)
See also The Toll-Gate (John Staple breaks into Kellands to "talk" to Nell's cousin)
See also The Unknown Ajax (Richmond and others break into the Dower House)
See also A Blunt Instrument (lots of people break into Ernest Fletcher's house)
See also Death in the Stocks (Antonia breaks into her brother's cottage through a window)
See also Footsteps in the Dark (Colonel Ackerly and Michael Strange break into the Priory, and Michael breaks into Colonel Ackerly's house)
See also The Unfinished Clue (Mrs. Chudleigh breaks into Mr. Billington-Smith's house through the front windows)
See also Why Shoot A Butler ? (Basil Fountain breaks into Shirley's house)



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