The Grand Sophy


16 "Yes, indeed, but you have quite misunderstood the matter! I meant a particularly well-bred horse!"
Sophy

66 "That," said ____, "is a remark calculated, I daresay, to make me lose my temper at the outset. I shall not do it, however."
Sophy is refusing to get angry with Charles Rivenhall because she wants to drive his horses

109 "Cecilia had no fault to find this with program, but reminded him that they had come to __________."

"Cecilia having no fault to find with this scheme, it was at once put into execution."

What was the "program" and what was the "scheme" that the ever-persuadable Cecilia found no fault with?

The "program" was for Cecilia to ride in a Berlin carriage pulled by white horses. This was Augustus at the carriage maker where they had gone to help Sophy pick a carriage.

The "scheme" was to put Cecilia's muff on the ducklings so they would think it their mother and settle down. Sophy's suggestion at Lacy Manor.


274 Name nine pivotal characters that get injured through a shooting during the course of the book but survive.
Lord Charlbury
See also The Black Moth (Jack Carstares)
See also Devil's Cub (Dominic Alastair)
See also Pistols for Two, in the short story entitled "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)

279 "That," said X, quelling him with a frown, "We shall never know."
Sophy (X) quelling Charlbury

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 Lord Francis Wolvey
See also A Civil Contract (Captain Adam Deveril)
See also The Corinthian ("Captain" Trimble)
See also Cotillion (Captain Claud Rattray)
See also The Foundling (Captain Belper and Captain Gideon Ware)
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)

309 "Eggs I must instantly have!" she announced.
Sancia, Lady Talgarth to the present company in general

321 "X!" uttered Y, shocked. "You cannot love me!"

X pulled the door to behind them, and in a very rough fashion jerked her into his arms, and kissed her. "I don't. I dislike you excessively!" he said savagely.

Sophy (Y) is shocked by Charles Rivenhall (X)

323 Name four English country estates from GH's Georgian period novels that change hands (through sale or inheritance) in the course of the novel, the novels they appear in, and the names of the old and new owners.
villa at Merton, to Sir Horace
See also Black Sheep (Danescourt, from Stacy Calverleigh to Miles Calverleigh)
See also The Masqueraders (Barham Court, from Mr Rensley to Lord Barham)
See also Powder and Patch (Jettan's Pride, from Sir Thomas Jettan to Sir Maurice Jettan)
See also The Reluctant Widow (High Noons, from Eustace Cheviot to Eleanor Cheviot)
See also The Talisman Ring (Lavenham Court, from Sylvester to Ludovic)
See also The Toll-Gate (Kellands, from Sir Peter Stornaway to Sir Henry Stornaway)

329 Name two offensive hats, their wearers, the books they appear in, and the people offended by them.
Lord Charlbury is offended by Cecilia's hat
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 False Colours (Kit breaks into his brother's house through a window)
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 The Foundling (Gilly is offended [suggests she need not wear them] by the awful hats Harriet orders from the milliner)
See also Bath Miss (Pistols for Two) (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)

335 Which Heyer heroine wore her lustrous hair confined under a net of gold (actually there were two but you only need to give me one), which wore a dress of her favorite pomona green, and which wore half boots of orange jean? (And fortunately no one wore them all at the same time).
Sophy wore a gown of her favorite pomona green to the "small dance" (with 500 guests) that she organized at her aunt's house
See also Simon the Coldheart (Dona Dominica de Rada y Silva from Beauvallet wore her lustrous locks confined by a net of gold when Nick Beauvallet captured the ship she was a passenger on, and I believe Margaret of Belremy turned up in a similar garment)
See also Frederica (Frederica wore half boots of orange jean (Alverstoke notes they are jean rather than kid while critiquing her appearance) on her fateful walk with Lufra in Green Park, and to call on Lady Buxted)



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