The memory of Bellatrix hung over her widower like a choking, shadowy specter. Hermione never once imagined that the insane woman who had an obnoxious penchant for baby talk and who appeared to love the Dark Lord above all others could've ever been able to elicit such strong emotions from the man she married years after her death. There had been love between the Lestranges. Likely similar to the obsessive, unhealthy love that plagued many of the marriages between the Death Eaters, it had to have been powerful. Some of the Pureblood families, especially those that took the purity of their blood very seriously, were often arranged. Hermione simply assumed that had been the case with Rodolphus and Bellatrix. Only when she brought up the incident the next day with Rabastan did she learn otherwise.