Venetia

12 Who are X & Y? "My dear uncle, how can you talk in such an exaggerated fashion?" X protested. "Do but recollect a little! Y may be a ****, but at least he won't turn out to be my father!"
"Turn out to be your father?" repeated Z, in a stupefied tone. "What, in heaven's name--?"
Y's shoulders had begun to shake. "Oedipus," he said. "At least, so I apprehend, but she has become a trifle confused. What she means is that she won't turn out to be my mother."
"Well, it is the same thing, Y!" said X, impatient of such pedantry. "Just as unsuitable!": X is Venetia and Y is Lord Damerel

14 Who gives this advice and to whom? "...Well, my dear I daresay he has broken a score of hearts besides yours, so dry your tears, and set about breaking a few hearts yourself! It is by far more amusing,I promise you!": Lady Steeple, Venetia's mother

34 Frustrating all the efforts of his mama to ruin his character by excessive indulgence he early assumed the conduct of his affairs, and rapidly grew into a grave young man of uniform virtues.: Edward Yardley

93 She drew for me a very moving picture of the advantages of becoming regularly established." "I can see she did. It moved you all the way to Yorkshire!": Venetia talking to Lord Damerel about his aunt trying to get him respectably established

136 "Rose leaves? But, my dear girl, at this season?": Lord Damerel quizzing Venetia

146 "Plenty of time for her to grow to be a beauty like her mama! There, now!": Sir Lambert Steeple talking to his wife Lady Steeple about her daughter Venetia

157 "What's she been doing?" "Endangering the succession!": Aubrey is replying to Venetia's question concerning his dog

188 "And unless he was castaway at the time I'm dashed if I know why _____ offered for her!": Aubrey is speaking to Venetia about their brother Conway

234 This one has to do with duelling in Georgette Heyer's 18th- and19th-century novels, there may be more situations than the number specified, but you only need to find the number asked for: 1. Name three brothers (of heroines) who had been involved in a duel.: See also The Convenient Marriage (Pelham)
See also The Masqueraders (Robin Tremaine)
See also Pistols for Two: The Duel (Lord Saltwood)
See also Regency Buck (Peregrine Taverner)

2. Name the five heroines for whose sake (directly and indirectly) the duels were fought.: See also Beauvallet (Dominica de Rada y Sylva)
See also The Black Moth (Diana Beauleigh)
See also The Convenient Marriage (Horatia)
See also Devil's Cub (Mary Challoner)
See also Friday's Child (Kitten)
See also The Masqueraders (Letitia Grayson)
See also The Masqueraders (Prudence Tremaine)
See also Pistols for Two (Marianne Dashwood)
See also Powder and Patch (Cleone Charteris)

3. Name the eight heroes that had fought a duel in their past or during the course of the book.: Jasper Damerel
See also Beauvallet (Nick Beauvallet)
See also The Convenient Marriage (Marcus, Earl of Rule)
See also Devil's Cub (Dominic, Marquis of Vidal)
See also Friday's Child (Sherry)
See also The Masqueraders (Anthony Fanshawe)
See also The Masqueraders (Robin Tremaine)
See also Powder and Patch (Phillip Jettan)
See also These Old Shades (Justin, Duke of Avon)