The Reluctant Widow

58 "Incorrigible!" -1- said. "Did he tell you why he has been sent down?" "Yes, there was a performing bear," -2- answered absently. "I suppose that is sufficient to explain all!" "Well, it was sufficient to explain it all to me.": John Carlyon (-1-) is speaking to his brother Lord Carlyon (-2-) about their younger brother (Nicky) borrowing a performing bear and setting it on the Dons up at Oxford

91 Name three people who "make it a rule to get over the heavy ground quickly," in the words of one.: Lord Carlyon
"I make it a rule always to get over heavy ground as light as I can, and you will scarcely deny that we have met with very heavy ground from start to finish of this business. We are now safely over it.."
See also Black Sheep (Mr Wendover)
See also Friday's Child (Lord Carlyon)
See also The Quiet Gentleman (Captain Jack Morville )

111 In which book do the following canines appear, and who is the owner of each? Bouncer, Lufra, Ulysses, Pug, Duke: Bouncer, Nicky Carlyon
See also Arabella (Ulysses, Robert Beaumaris)
See also Frederica (Lufra, Jessamy Merriville)
See also Friday's Child (Pug, Lady Saltash)
See also Pistols for Two: Bath Miss (Duke, Nan Massingham)

175 "You should always add your compliments to any message you wish to render excessively cutting.": Lord Carlyon speaking to Elinor Rochdale when she is trying to put him in his place

176 "My lord, when I first encountered you the suspicion crossed my mind that your intellect was disordered. I am now certain that this is so!": Elinor Rochdale speaking to Lord Carlyon

226 "Oh, no, how came you to think such a thing?", X said sarcastically. "I am sure it was the only thing needed to make me quite comfortable!": Mrs Cheviot (Cousin Elinor) answering Lord Carlyon when he has told her that there is a secret entrance into the house

274 Name nine pivotal characters that get injured through a shooting during the course of the book but survive.: Nicky Carlyon
See also The Black Moth (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 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)

282 "And I have no doubt whatsoever," stated X, "that you are a Justice of the Peace!" "Yes, certainly." "I wonder you should not be ashamed to own it!" X said virtuously. "My dear X, there is nothing in the least derogatory in being a Justice of the Peace!" Y replied, at his blandest.: Elinor Rochdale (X) talking to Lord Carlyon (Y)

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.: High Noons, from Eustace Cheviot to Eleanor Cheviot
See also Black Sheep (Danescourt, from Stacy Calverleigh to Miles Calverleigh)
See also The Grand Sophy (villa at Merton, to Sir Horace)
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 Talisman Ring (Lavenham Court, from Sylvester to Ludovic)
See also The Toll-Gate (Kellands, from Sir Peter Stornaway to Sir Henry Stornaway)

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.: Who doesn't break into Eleanor's house?
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 R-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 (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 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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