B-b-but...

BLASPHEMY! Bit cannot wait to proceed to the lifestyle of a refined and educated young lady. (

Or... can she?

I am joking. Please, take your time. :D I will just wait patiently for the day I get to hear from you again. Wishing you luck with your new school, and your new instrument!

Remember, your beloved readers love you too! 3

Ugh! I've been away for a long time, but you uploaded more chapters, so... YAY! :)

I completely relate to Bit in Chap 8, as I hate. Hate. Poetry. (At least the insanely flowery ones). But hiding shoes? Oh Bit, Bit... that one I can never forgive of anyone! :D

For Chap 9, oh my... poor, poor Tom, he took on so much at one fell swoop. And I'm kinda itching to slap James. Just once.

And because I'm very tired from my tripwork, and cannot find anything which rankles with me, I summon enough of my strength for one last thing:

PLEASE WRITE MORE!

**snooze**

(Btw, calzones are pretty yummy, and that's not the first time my oh-so famous pseudonym has been likened to it. :) And I don't think it's weird to talk like that - old-fashioned-ness of any kind is awesome!)

Oh aw, I loved this chapter! :D

Seeing Tom struggling so to educate Bit is hilarious. James is now my favourite character in this story.

Ooh, I'm hungry now... But before I dash off for some evening comestibles, I thought I'd leave a loverly review to show my gratitude for continuing this brilliant tale. Here is a magical round-up of my favourite portions, in no particular order:

"Stop flubbering around with his words"'

I don't approve of depriving me of necessary sustenance' face.

James, who Tom had called in for moral support. Moral support's always a good thing. :) Keep writing and I'll keep reading (well, I'd be a bit stuck if you did stop writing, which DOES admittedly make that statement a little more pointless than I'd first anticipated. O the rambling doth continue.)

Haha! You talk how you write too. I know how you feel: the town centre at three in the morning on a Saturday night isn't really the place to exclaim: "I say Edna! Stop that - it's terribly vulgar." Ok, so none of my friends are called Edna, but the rest is a true quote. I also get more and more Victorian the more of the Demon Drink I consume, so that's always fun. Everyone else dances like a loon or falls about giggling, while I'm busy calling people "young rapscallions" and crying: "Egad!" at regular intervals.

I loved this chapter to - the shoe exasperation was extremely funny I must say. Looking forward to reading more.

Miss1927 :)

*shrill exclamation of joy* Ooh, thank you so much for mentioning moi in your author's note! I'm glad I made your day - I know what it's like to have an awful day, come home and find a happy little review waiting.

There were so many brilliant things in this that I can't possibly put them all here, short of typing out the whole story in this small box, but I do love the names of your chapters. They remind me a little of Blackadder I actually.

And then there's the cane spinning. As someone who desperately wants a cape, top hat, monocle and an ivory-topped cane with which to scatter unruly peasants when on my daily perambulations, I absolutely loved reading about the downside to indoor cane spinning. Ooh, and my new Insult of the Week has to be: "Take That, You Silly Dish Washer of Lowly Reptilian Animals".

Well, I'm off to read the latest chapter now, so adios. :)

I want a berry vat. I read the bit about the maid with purple hair and thought it was quite amusing, but I wasn't expecting that explanation. Oh dear, that did make me chuckle. As for Bit/Elizabeth...I need to read on - this sounds brilliant.

I loved, loved, LOVED this chapter. Especially because we're introduced to yet more superb characters. I really want to know more about what happens to Victoria - she's a very interesting character, though I can't agree with her about the use of the nickname 'Vicky'. I should know.

I think my favourite bit had to be the summing up of the dinner, especially the different methods of killing people with asparagus and Andrew running away and eventually hiding in the loo.

Onwards and alongwards to the next chapter I go...

Miss1927

Oh god, how did I miss so many chapters? D:

Please forgive me, I had no idea... -sniff-

Anyway, you are doing a great job, as always! :D Nothing you do can persuade me that this is just a humble story, so you can stop trying now. I have to say, Bit is quite cute... in a way. Just wondering if by the time it takes for Bit to learn proper English and manners, Jane would have forgotten about Thomas. That would be quite a shame. D:

Love your story, keep it up!

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE REVIEWER?

How crap. I love this :) Also I'm a beta with project fiction [awesome website, lol, sounds like I'm advertising] so I'll beta this if you want. :)

Here's my email address:

thelemalemur hotmail . com

If you want to find my beta profile google project fiction then find meet the beta's. I'm under daddylonglegs. ;) It sounds like I'm advertising myself but I'm honestly not I just want to help and I'm good with grammar stuff. :L

Write back if you want a hand!

Alright, I will confess - I have the bad habit of enjoying excellent stories, yet not bothering to reciprocate with even the tiniest hint of reviews. Something that(if it wasn't obvious) I apologize for.

So, with that tediousness out of the way...

I LOVE THIS STORY!

Okay (*in a much calmer voice*)... Chapter 1 hooked me in immediately. I cannot tell you enough how I love your style. It's not boring at all (I am so fed up with other stories that are so dull that I just turn away and forget about them, especially the constant slew of Regency romance fics). Concerning plot, I'm glad the romance isn't taking center stage. Instead you focus more on Bit and all the different characters - not exactly putting everything and everyone as eccentric historical oddities, and not exactly ignoring those aspects in them either, which makes for a lot of funny stuff.

I can't include everything here of what I like about this so far. The wit, scene change, pace, etc... There's so much, it doesn't leave room for what I *didn't* like, if at all. So I'll just say which characters intrigued me the most. I like Bit, kinda like Tom, *love* James (er, yes...), like Jane's father, like Vicky. This may sound biased, if she is to be the "second heroine" and all, but IMO Jane is kinda... blah. If that was your intention, I congratulate you. If not, oh well. I just don't like her. :/

Anyway, this story has been my fiction fix for the past week, I adore it, and you MUST write more! If you do, I promise I will manage to write better reviews than "I love it, I love it, you're awesome, blah blah blah..."

Cheers! You'd make an excellent published author. :)

~cazonetta

I'm glad reviews make you so happy. :) Here's another one in that case. This is my favourite chapter so far, with so many wonderful phrases that I can barely count them, though I must share my three favourites with the masses:

"It was a beautiful friendship, full of a peaceful symbiotic relationship of insult and be insulted." Hee hee, love it.

"...proceeded to blasphemy on him, his mother, his ancestors, his girlfriend, and his pet duck." I love the way you just add something so surreal to a completely normal situation - I try and do that in my own writing, but I'm not sure if I can pull it off quite as well.

"Gregory grew red in the face, making him resemble a long thin cherry tomato." I saved the best until last. WUNDERBAR, and that's a compliment coming from someone who hasn't spoken German for three years. Anyway, other points of sheer brilliance. The use of one of my favourite words: 'trundled', I just adore it, and calling one of the characters Gregory. It's one of the first names that I think of when I think of 'aristocratic son'. I have a character called Gregory Geoffrey Godfrey Fotherington-Smythe-Smythe to be used in a story I'm writing, so well done for picking such brilliant names.

Last point, sorry: as an ardent royalist and history-lover, I adored the conversation about 'Silly Billy' and Queen Adelaide. I wonder if anyone did actually call her Addy? Hm... I might put that on my list of things to find out.

Well thank you for another splendid chapter, but I must be going now, so expect some more reviews in the (relatively) near fututre.

Miss1927 : )

Heehee - Reverend Bishop. :) I love the subtle touches of humour in this story, especially the immortal words: "The conspicuous lack of cakes is entirely Father's fault", which I must use myself at one point in general conversation. Oh, and you said "lest" at one point - hurrah! There are others in this world with a penchant for old-fashioned words. Can't wait to read more. :)

What a wonderful opening chapter. I have to say that I do love your style of writing and I could picture the characters in my mind as soon as you described them - I'm off to read as much as I can before tea, so expect another review or two. : )

Humble story? Where? HOW DARE YOU CALL THIS A HUMBLE STORY. Dx

This is obviously much more. :3 That was an awesome twist with Bit, I've always wondered what she was there for... her and Thomas' relationship makes me laugh, it's just fun to see him annoyed. 8D

Anyway, good job with the re-reading, I don't think there were obvious mistakes this time... but then again, I read this at 4am.

THAT'S HOW HUMBLE IT IS.