Alas, I should be so lucky. I am a californian who overloaded on the Victorians (and Chaucer) in her halcyon days as an English major. :D

I shall wait anticipatorily for judgement, then...

ETA: in case that came across as sarcastic or something, it wasn't meant to be. you are one of the (very) few writers whose work I admire enough that I question whether *I'm* wrong first. (Seriously, that NEVER happens.)