A.N. — In this string of notable names, here is a woman who I thought would be a lot higher in number of mentions in the book. I was wrong; she's 200th only. This drabble got away from me, as I had to cut nearly 25 excess words from that last paragraph. She was far more peeved in the first draft.
210. Augusta Longbottom
When Augusta first heard about her grandson's boggart, it just reinforced the negative perceptions she held about Neville. Magically feeble, unconfident... Augusta worried for Neville's future.
Augusta was elderly, heading a family that'd suffered greatly in the war. That hardened her demeanor to the point of harshness; coddling did not occur under her roof.
When Neville returned home that summer and Augusta learned the full story, that facade cracked. She swept up Neville in a hug so that he wouldn't see her trying to suppress both anger — at Snape being Neville's boggart — and self-deprecating laughter in how it was defeated.