False Colours

56 "A fellow that knows no better than to visit a lady, dressed all by guess, and with a hankerchief knotted round his throat--! Ay, and what do you think he was doing when I walked in? READING POETRY TO HER! What a booberkin! I can tell you this, my boy: in MY day we'd more rumgumption than to bore a pretty woman into a lethargy!": Sir Bonamy Ripple talking to Christopher (Kit) Fancot about one of Lady Denville's (Kit's mother) more callow, young suitors

83 There are (at least!) two instances where "paste" causes confusion and discomforture. Name these and the reasons why....: Evelyn Fancot goes to recover a (paste) broach his mother used to bet with and meets with an accident
See also The Corinthian (Beverly Brandon)

102 Remember the character who "was used to live in a rose garden," but now "one would think oneself at the bottom of the sea.": Lady Denville's bedroom was decorated to suit her whims

167 "I have enjoyed being a widow amazingly!": Lady Denville contemplating marriage to Sir Bonamy Ripple

205 "Ah, my dear, you little know what a cozening rascal has been casting out his wicked lures to you!": Mrs Alperton (Evelyn's mistress' mother) is trying to warn Miss Cressida Stavely about her supposed fiancé's wickedness

218 "I too have nacky notions!": Christopher (Kit) Fancot talking to Cressida (Cressy). His notion was to ask Sir Bonamy Ripple for advice on gaining entry to the Regent's Pavilion

221 "Poor boy, how awkward it must be for you, to be obliged to remain indoors whenever the wind is in the east! Because, so often it is!": Lady Denville speaking to Ambrose Cliffe, whos mother takes great pride in his precarious state of health

232 She shook her head. "You love too easily, I think." Extra hint: Give me the first name of Viscount Desford's father: Everard, Earl of Denville

285 Name at least two characters with the first name of "Patience." Give their last names, their home town, and the book they appear in.: Patience Ashkam lives at Woodland House
See also The Nonesuch (Patience Chartley, Village of Oversett)

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.

300 "Some fruit!" said X hastily. She gave a chuckle and said, irrepressible mischeif in her voice "Yes dearest! Not quails!": Christopher "Kit" Fancot (X) talking to his mother, Lady Denville.

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.: Kit breaks into his brother's house through a window
See also Beauvallet (Beauvallet breaks into Dona Beatrice's country house and ties her up)
See also The Black Moth (Jack breaks into Andover's house to rescue Diana)
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 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)

340 Who explained her otherwise unaccountable failure to win a fortune at play by recollecting that green furnishings were unlucky because of the colour?: The Dowager Countess of Denville

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