Charity Girl

37 "My dear young greenhead," said ---, with a touch of asperity, "one can discover that a female is a dead bore in less than two hours!": Wilfred Steane to Viscount Desford's younger brother Simon Carrington, about the possiblility of Desford having cast Cherry Steane off

92 "One of these days you will be found strangled---very likely by me! ": Viscount Desford is prophesying the death by strangulation of Henrietta Silverdale in

125 "What a sad reflection it is that to have powers of captivation should be of much more practical use than worthiness!": Lady Wroxton talking to her son, Viscount Desford about Hetta's (Henrietta) engagement to a man who "sounds like a dead bore"

190 "Only in the company of his intimates did he say, over a heavy wet, that, taking him in harness and out, no man could do more with his horses than _____ could.": Stebbing's (the groom) thoughts with regards to his master, Viscount Desford

263 Name three mothers that meet all of the following criteria: at least one of her children is 18 years of age or "out" she is living and we "meet" her in the book her child is a major character in the book the book she is in is a Heyer regency she is an admirable, sensible woman, a good mother, not silly You must name one with a daughter, one with a son, and one more: Lady Wroxton
See also Arabella (Mrs Tallant)
See also The Nonesuch (Lady Lindeth)
See also Quiet Gentleman (Mrs Morville)
See also Sylvester (Elizabeth, Duchess of Salford)
See also The Toll-Gate (Mrs Staples)

287 "X, sir," said Y, unmoved, "is well known to be an Eccentric Gentleman, and frequently appears in a style that one can only call rather of the ratherest.": Grimshaw (Y), Simon Carrington's valet, is speaking about Lord Petersham (X)

298 What is the connection between False Colours and Charity Girl? There is something common to both books.: In False Colours Evelyn redeems a brooch from Lord Silverdale. In Charity Girl the heroine is Henrietta Silverdale. Also, in both books the heroine pretends to be engaged to the hero before they actually get engaged.

299 "I won't have poor X roasted! Recollect that although he is not so very many years older than you he is much fatter.": Emma Redgrave taking to Viscount Desford about her husband Mortimer

339 Which loving father excuses his failure to notify his offspring of his whereabouts by explaining, "It was quite unnecessary for me to write to her. I will go further: it would have been folly to have done so...": Wilfred Steane explains his abandonment of his daughter at school with her bill's unpaid