Likely the future Mrs. Nott was some innocent witch recently out of Hogwarts forced to marry a man old enough to be her great-grandfather. Theodore was not the sort of man to appreciate an intelligent, worldly woman. He would want one that he could rule over, intimidate and control. She did not envy the poor witch in the slightest. Just the fact that she was aware there were still pathetic families out there clamoring to align themselves with a Sacred Twenty-Eight family through the selling of their young daughters made her sick to her stomach. Would some traditions simply never die?