Of course, this was not to be borne. Sir Walter was upset he had not been consulted in Mr. Nott’s choice of a witch and Fleur was upset that she had been slighted, and so they ceased all contact. This did not stop Fleur from wearing a black ribbon upon the occasion of Mr. Nott’s wife’s passing as was proper,  but she refused to consider him again as a spouse. She had heard that he had spoken of both she and her father in a most unbecoming manner and her vanity had been wounded. 