Verity had come to several conclusions throughout the course of dinner. The foremost being the dreadful fact that standing besides Grace at various events would be a fate worse than death. How could anyone be sitting besides a sure ticket out of their middle class life and say something as foolish as 'I like cards'?! Grace ought to have challenged him to a game or engaged him in any other discussion than her random interjections and clumsiness.
She fell quiet as the subject drifted to quidditch. Nothing about the sport appealed to her — in fact, if not for Mr. Lestrange's status Verity wouldn't have paid him a second thought. However, he was a Lestrange — the last eligible Lestrange — and she had to at least try.
Which she was determined to do until she noticed the faraway look in Noble's eyes. Merlin, was none of her family capable of acting in an acceptable manner? Perhaps this was why Father hadn't allowed her to debut, perhaps he recognized how disastrous any events would be.
"Congratulations on becoming captain," she added, remembering that one tidbit from the gossip mills. "Such a position certainly requires more than athletic talents. An affinity for leadership, for one."
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She fell quiet as the subject drifted to quidditch. Nothing about the sport appealed to her — in fact, if not for Mr. Lestrange's status Verity wouldn't have paid him a second thought. However, he was a Lestrange — the last eligible Lestrange — and she had to at least try.
Which she was determined to do until she noticed the faraway look in Noble's eyes. Merlin, was none of her family capable of acting in an acceptable manner? Perhaps this was why Father hadn't allowed her to debut, perhaps he recognized how disastrous any events would be.
"Congratulations on becoming captain," she added, remembering that one tidbit from the gossip mills. "Such a position certainly requires more than athletic talents. An affinity for leadership, for one."
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