Welcome to Charming, where swirling petticoats, the language of flowers, and old-fashioned duels are only the beginning of what is lying underneath…
After a magical attempt on her life in 1877, Queen Victoria launched a crusade against magic that, while tidied up by the Ministry of Magic, saw the Wizarding community exiled to Hogsmeade, previously little more than a crossroad near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the years that have passed since, Hogsmeade has suffered plagues, fires, and Victorian hypocrisy but is still standing firm.
Thethe year is now 1894. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
Written in a clean, precise Latin. It would be difficult to read aloud, but a practiced eye would catch the visual poetry and decisive word arrangements.
Dear Mr. Crouch,
I am not a woman to skirt around my intentions or fear rebuff, but I must confess that I am most anxious for your possible reply. Subterfuge and coy overtures seem ridiculous, but knowing that I may express my admiration without fear or interruption is quite attractive.
I must, in this sort of boldness, express my admiration for your nimble mind, steady negotiation, and dedication to your own. I have experienced your work from a distance; savored your words on the page, but I confess I lose my nerve in your presence. It is a most foreign feeling. It seems I am destined to praise you from afar and lose my graces in your presence. How I wish this were not the case as there is warmth in your icy eyes and I do wish to know them.
This missive is written solely in French, the lettering is still precise, but there seems to be a few heavy ink spots, most likely signifying hesitation.
13 December 1890
Dear Mr. Crouch,
In my necessity to convey my adoration and esteem, I fear I have put you in a most uncomfortable position. I had hoped, in the anonymity of an owl, that I would be free of my hesitations to speak my mind. Certainly, I conveyed more to you than I would ever say to a man in person, but I fear I might have offended you in my rashness. Please accept my apologies, but know that I stand by my initial praise. Reason tells me to hold my peace, but to say the truth, reason, and matters of the heart keep little company together nowadays.
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