The Alastair Trilogy - 'These Old Shades'

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1. What is the Christian (first) name of the Duke of Avon? Justin Jessamy Jerome 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 hair, auburn eyebrows, emerald green eyes red-gold hair, auburn eyebrows, ice-blue eyes dark blonde hair, dark eyebrows, grey eyes red hair, dark eyebrows, violet blue 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'? Hugo Devon Hugh Davenant Henry Davenant Hugh Devenport

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

7. Who abducts Leonie from England? Hugh Davenant The Comte de Saint-Vire Edward Marling 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 Comte shoots the Duke of Avon. 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.

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. I am already married." "Leonie, you would do well to consider. I have lost my fortune and am penniless." "Leonie, you would do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life"