51 "Doing it a trifle too brown, ------- . Do you take me for a gudgeon?"
"Good God, yes!" replied ------. "I have taken you for a gudgeon any time these past ten years!"
Lord Gaywood is talking to Gilly, the Duke of Sale
94 What was the joke about the Chief Confectioner? In what book, who, etc.
Gilly, the Duke of Sale arrives at his town house and gets an apology from Scriven (his agent) for the house not being at full staff. Scriven then says that he is not satisfied with the Chief Confectioner. Gilly says he thought he could be tolerably comfortable without a Chief Confectioner, those around realized the Duke had uttered a witticism, and those "whose social status permitted them to do so" actually smiled.
187 "Your head is broke," she informed him.
Belinda talking to "her uncle," Mr Liversedge
254 Who is a "snirp"?
Gilly, the Duke of Sale is called a snirp by his cousin Gideon
291 Name seven or more male characters with the title of "Captain" that appear in GH's regencies, without using any characters from The Spanish Bride or An Infamous Army.
Captain Belper and Captain Gideon Ware
See also A Civil Contract (Captain Adam Deveril)
See also The Corinthian ("Captain" Trimble)
See also Cotillion (Captain Claud Rattray)
See also The Grand Sophy (Captain Lord Francis Wolvey)
See also Pistols for Two: Hazard (Captain Henry Dobell)
See also The Quiet Gentleman (Captain Lucius Austell and Captain Viscount Desborough)
See also Regency Buck (Captain Charles Audley and Captain Crake)
See also Sprig Muslin (Captain Neil Kendal)
See also The Toll-Gate (Captain Wilfred Babbacombe and Captain John Staples)
329 Name two offensive hats, their wearers, the books they appear in, and the people offended by them.
Gilly is offended (suggests she need not wear them) by the awful hats Harriet orders from the milliner
See also The Convenient Marriage (Pelham is offended by Crosby Drelincourt's hat)
See also Cotillion (Freddy is offended by Kitty's hat)
See also Faro's Daughter (Lord Mablethorpe is bemused, Ravenscar confused, and Lady Mablethorpe and Lady Bellingham offended by the hat [with the plumes that hardly fit in the carriage] that Deb Grantham wears to Vauxhall)
See also Friday's Child (Sherry is offended by the shocking hat with the purple feathers that Hero wants to buy)
See also The Grand Sophy (Lord Charlbury is offended by Cecilia's hat)
See also Pistols for Two in the short story entitled "Bath Miss" (Sir Charles is offended by the rather too dashing hat Miss Anne Massingham purchases)
See also The Talisman Ring (Eustacie is offended by Basil's sugarloaf hat)
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