Hi, it's me again!! ^^

Once again, I have some passages from 'Vanity Fair' which confuses me.

1. 'there was old Methuselah, who had married his young wife, with Captain Papillon of the Guards holding her parasol and guide-books!'

I just don't understand this sentence. Did Methuselah marry a young woman or marry off his own wife to a Captain Papillon?


2. 'my Lord Bareacres' chariot, britzka and fourgon, that anybody might pay for who like.'

I don't understand the 'that anybody might pay for who like' part.

3. 'The Constitution is or was a moderate despotism, tempered by a Chamber that might or might not be elected'

The 'might or might not be elected' part is especially mysterious to me.....

4. 'it sufficed, I say, for our Minister to advance any opinion to have it instantly contradicted by the French diplomatist.'

The whole sentence is just lost to me.

5. 'The Princess was married by proxy, at her father's residence, by the Count de Schlusselback.'

I don't understand this sentence.



Wow, even I didn't know that I had this many questions. Is this too long? -_- I'm sorry

Thank you to everyone who took their time to even try these passages.