Sylvester

11 "I want my Button!": Edmund Rayne

31 Who is "a shambling and overgrown youth of somewhat vacuous amiability" ?

Will Scaling, the brother of Alice, from the Inn

39 "A wealthy fribble, three parts idiot, and the fourth - never mind"

The Duke of Salford talking to his mother about Sir Nugent Fotherby

57 "You are to be congratulated," said ---, in a discouraging tone.

"Devilish good of you to say so, *title*!" responded ---, acknowledging the tribute with a slight bow. "Don't mind owning it wasn't easy. Took a devilish deal of address. If there is a thing I pride myself on it's that."

The Duke of Salford talking to Sir Nugent Fotherby

129 "At this very moment he may be at the bottom of the lake!"

Ianthe Rayne is being typically hysterical and overdramatic regarding her son Edmund's whereabouts

140 X agreed that this had been a remarkably good party, but contended that by far the best evening he had yet spent in the establishment was that on which the new butler, having admitted him into the hall, had fallen flat on his face in a drunken stupor.

Sylvester speaking to Phoebe about his cousin Georgy's unpredictable household

150 "He accepted with fortitude the realization that he was lacking in delicacy."

Sylvester deciding to stay and enjoy the scene after Phoebe and Tom have run away

183 Name two (or more perhaps?) ladies in Georgette's world who threaten to bust a staylace when excitement erupts.: Alice, the landlady's daughter, who accompanies Phoebe to "Lunnon"
See also Bath Tangle (Mrs Floore)
See also Sprig Muslin (Almeria)

184 Considerably taken aback, for he had never before had his credentials doubted, much less be taken for a Captain Sharp, ____ said: "Well, I don't know how I should be able to convince him! Unless he'd like one of my visiting-cards?": Sylvester talking to Alice Scaling about the farmer who wants to make sure that his pig is going to be eaten by noone less than a Duke

229 If your pockets were to let and you needed to host a party, who should you ask for the recipe for an "Excellent Dish for Six or Seven Persons for the Expense of Sixpence?" While you are at it, you might as well name the actual ingredients and find the source for this economical dish, for who knows your dinner might turn out to be a grand success and you would have to host more!!!: Phoebe and Tom are talking about a book of Household Hints that Tom has found.
Ingredients: Calf's lights, bread, fat and some sheep's guts (or hog's guts).

241 Who has been called a "hubble-bubble" woman?: Anna Penistone
See also Frederica (Lady Buxted)
See also Lady of Quality (Maria Farlow)
See also The Unknown Ajax (Anthea)

242 Who is Mary Berry? Who is speaking and why?: Lady Ingham, unlike Mary Berry, is of the "unalterable conviction that the escort of a gentleman was indispensable to any lady bent on foreign travel"
See also Frederica

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: Elizabeth, Duchess of Salford
See also Arabella (Mrs Tallant)
See also Charity Girl (Lady Wroxton)
See also Quiet Gentleman (Mrs Morville)
See also The Nonesuch (Lady Lindeth)
See also The Toll-Gate (Mrs Staples)

264 "Oh, he has been on the town for as long as I have, so that I have grown inured to him! I can understand, of course, that the first sight of his magnificence must come as a severe shock.": Sylvester speaking to Phoebe about Sir Nugent Fotherby

292 Who "holds it to be an excellent maxim that every man should know more than his grooms, and be as well able to deal with whatever need may arise in his stables"?: Sylvester speaking to Phoebe

294 Gravity deserted her; she burst into laughter,... and said: "Oh, dear, did you ever set eyes on such a flat-sided screw?" "No--or on a lady with a better seat. The combination is quite shocking! Will you let me mount you while you are in town?" "...you must know I couldn't permit you to mount me!" "I suppose you couldn't" he admitted. "I hate to see you so unworthily mounted, though.": Sylvester talking to Phoebe Marlow

326 Whose ailment keeps him/her living retired at Chance. What is the ailment?: Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Salford lives retired at Chance because of an arthritic complaint

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