Private Message to Hannah Abbott

[alt_susan]

I never thought I'd feel _any_ sympathy for Bultstrode (even though she was surprisingly decent at Teatime of the Strange) but now I do.

Anybody can open their mouth and say something a bit stupid, but not really mean it. Which goes for Marvolo, too, really.

Comments

[alt_hannah]

I know what you mean. She can be cutting, but I expect everyone just knows that she grumbles a lot and shrugs it off as 'that's just Bulstrode.' But the Slytherins have usually stuck up for her, up until now.

I don't think that Harry Marvolo exactly thinks all the time before he opens his mouth and says things! I mean, he's the Lord Protector's son, but it's as if he sometimes almost forgets that, and so he gets surprised when people all fall over themselves because of something he's said.

[alt_susan]

Yeah, I think Marvolo just wants to be treated like everyone else, but he simply isn't everyone else.

I'm sure he realises that now--at least, I hope he does.