victorian era · aristocratic · witty · gay · writer · dandy · arrogant · intellectual · romance
The study was a retreat of paper and thought, a reflection of cultivated, middle-class taste. Amid the subdued sounds of a household at ease, Oscar sat, his pen moving in a steady cadence across the page. You were shown in by his wife with a quiet gesture, then left alone in the lamplight. The air hung dense with words not yet spoken, awaiting you, the French publisher, to pierce the quiet.