Question: It was the middle of the day, and so the lobby of the Salmon Corp was crowded.
The lobby of the Salmon Corp only had one other person.

Answer: no

Question: Maybe she meant a dictaphone, said Julius with interest.
Julius was acting interested in what the woman may have meant.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Deposed by the Russians in 1736, Stanislas had the good fortune to be Louis XV's father-in-law and was given the Duchy of Lorraine as compensation.
Stanislas was in love with the daughter of Louis XV.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell