In short, Lady Lestrange did everything she could to persuade Pansy that this match was a dreadful idea. Pansy, who though opinionated in her own right, was still young, somewhat self-deprecating, and trusted her elder friend in all things. It was one thing to disagree on an interpretation of a bit of magical theory or philosophy, an entirely different matter to disagree on the matter of love and life. Through Lady Lestrange’s words, Pansy was coaxed into believing the right thing to do for Captain Longbottom, her beloved Neville, was to let him go. She believed that to do otherwise was selfish and would doom him to poverty, with absolutely no hope of advancement.