"I loved - but those I loved are gone; 
Had friends - my early friends are fled: 
How cheerless feels the heart alone
When all its former hopes are dead! 
Though gay companions o'er the bowl 
Dispel awhile the sense of ill; 
Though pleasure stirs the maddening soul, 
The heart - the heart - is lonely still." 

― Lord Byron

Young polyglot, writer, aspiring actress and dreamer. My preferred genres are Historical, Romantic, Philosophical, and I read anything (any good thing) from Jane Austen to Chuck Palahniuk. The Regency Era is my passion, and I love Napoléon.

Next on The Quinceys: 
<i>Who is this Earl Charles Moore? And how will Magali keep the information from her brother?
These are questions that will be answered, but before the ball, many more things are to happen. Notably, the arrival of Redding's new vicar...</i>