The Alastair Trilogy - 'These Old Shades'

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1. What is the Christian (first) name of the Duke of Avon? Jerome Justin Jessamy Julian

2. Leon had very distinctive colouring which led his grace of Avon to suspect that he was not what he seemed. What was so unusual? red-gold hair, auburn eyebrows, ice-blue eyes red hair, auburn eyebrows, emerald green eyes red hair, dark eyebrows, violet blue eyes dark blonde hair, dark eyebrows, grey eyes

3. Where did the Duke of Avon and Leon first meet? A back-alley in London A ball in Paris A back-alley in Paris A party at Versailles

4. What are the names of the Duke of Avon's brother and sister? Rupert and Fanny Rupert and Flora Robert and Fiona Richard and Fanny

5. What is the name of the Duke of Avon's friend who believes he is the only person to have guessed that 'Leon' is actually 'Leonie'? Hugh Devenport Hugo Devon Hugh Davenant Henry Davenant

6. What name does Leonie adopt when she becomes the Duke of Avon's ward? Mademoiselle de Valme Madesmoiselle Marling Madesmoiselle Alastair Mademoiselle de Bonnard

7. Who abducts Leonie from England? The Comte de Saint-Vire Edward Marling Hugh Davenant Lord Rupert Alastair

8. Why does the Comte de Saint-Vire believe that his duplicity will never be discovered? Madame de Saint-vire goes mad from guilt and is committed to an insane asylum. The Comte has the priest who heard Leonie's 'mother's death-bed confession murdered. Leonie and Avon quarrel and she elopes with Hugh Davenant. Leonie disappears from Paris when she fears that rumours will begin to circulate that she is the baseborn daughter of Saint-Vire.

9. What happens at the conclusion of the Duke of Avon's allegorical 'story' which he tells at the salon of Madame du Deffand, and which hints that Leonie has not just disappeared, but has actually committed suicide? Madame de Saint-Vire faints and the Duke of Avon shoots Saint-Vire. Madame de Saint-Vire becomes hysterical and blurts out the truth that she is Leonie's mother, the Comte shoots himself. Armand de Saint-Vire shoots his brother, the Comte. Madame de Saint-Vire faints and the Comte shoots the Duke of Avon.

10. At the reunion, what does the Duke say to Leonie at the conclusion of the conversation when she refuses to be restored to her mother, Madame de Saint-Vire, and her Uncle Armand and asks him if he doesn't love her? "Leonie, you would do well to consider. You are not the only woman in my life." "Leonie, you would do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life" "Leonie, you would do well to consider. I have lost my fortune and am penniless." "Leonie, you would do well to consider. I am already married."