*7—French*
Rummaging through the attic, Neville bumped a box of Victoire's stuff, and it spilled. He softly cursed and collected his wife's things. But as he unwillingly sifted through the items, a funny feeling developed in him.
The box held an array of things: a miniature of the Eiffel Tower, a beret in the colors of the French flag, Fleur's old Beauxbatons chapeau, a stuffed snail doll (which made him grin, since Victoire couldn't stand to eat escargot), some book in French… There were other things, too, but with each and every item he saw, Neville wondered how much of her mother's heritage she had embraced yet simultaneously had squashed. To Neville's knowledge, Bill had never tried or forced assimilation onto Fleur, but Neville wondered if Fleur had put a lot of her culture aside after marrying Bill, and she'd shared only a bit of it with her children.
And, judging by the box, Victoire loved French things. Maybe Neville was too English for Victoire's taste…
Then Neville laughed at the idea. His name was of French origin, wasn't it?
- ^-^3
"Neville" is French for "new town."
-mew! -w-
