6th March, 1891 — Hogsmeade Ballroom
"I must confess I anticipated a little more from your Miss Lestrange after everything I've heard," or been forced to hear, Helena added silently as she all but snuck up on her son. She had done him the courtesy of waiting until he had finished speaking with his colleagues - one of the aurors perhaps, though she wasn't sure this event would be quite worth their time - but as soon as he had become free she had pounced.
"From everything you told me I expected Rowena Ravenclaw reborn and yet the schoolteacher beat her in two rounds," she teased gently, knowing her middle son was not really up to too much needling given his rather overdeveloped sensitivities. He did take everything to heart, even when it was meant in jest, but that was very likely her own fault. There was a possibility that Miss Tatiana Lestrange could be the making of Charles but she was not entirely convinced yet: marrying again was a fine move for him and Nimue but she sensed Mariana Macnair's influence running through the girl and that was more than enough to make her hesitate in being too thrilled at acquiring a third daughter-in-law.
"From everything you told me I expected Rowena Ravenclaw reborn and yet the schoolteacher beat her in two rounds," she teased gently, knowing her middle son was not really up to too much needling given his rather overdeveloped sensitivities. He did take everything to heart, even when it was meant in jest, but that was very likely her own fault. There was a possibility that Miss Tatiana Lestrange could be the making of Charles but she was not entirely convinced yet: marrying again was a fine move for him and Nimue but she sensed Mariana Macnair's influence running through the girl and that was more than enough to make her hesitate in being too thrilled at acquiring a third daughter-in-law.