Granny Times

[Katherina Selwyn]

Katherina had followed the Carrow murder drama with as little interest as she could. She wasn't directly related to them but the girl's status as her nephew's betrothed meant that she couldn't ignore it, either. She didn't think that the Carrow girl did it, probably because she'd never heard anything about her other than she was Claudius' intended. Someone that inconspicuous couldn't be responsible for a murder unless the girl was truly a hyper-intelligent psychopath of the Lucius Lestrange caliber under that English Rose exterior.

"I would refrain from asking her that, dear!" Katherina chided but her smile made it clear that she wasn't offended by her granddaughter's slip of manners. "She was a suspect, yes, but I think she was found innocent. Or they didn't find sufficient evidence to charge her." Sterling Carrow's murder still hadn't been solved, after all. Maybe the girl was responsible and her father - and who knows, maybe Lucius too? - had 'arranged' for it to remain a mystery. 

Kath leaned closer to her granddaughter and confided in a more hushed tone. "A piece of advice, my darling. You will be amazed by how often you will find yourself in the presence of a criminal. Those more likely to end up in hell usually make for the best company."

In her old age, Katherina had learned that someone was more than what they let on. She highly suspected her own family members of being less virtuous than they appeared to be. She also knew that it was better to act as if she was unaware of that, unless it directly affected her. Lucius could kill muggleborns as a hobby and Marian could feed orphaned toddlers to her snake for all that she cared, as long as they didn't bother her by doing so.