On the perfection of moral virtues

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 169547

lizzyben04:

> For instance, I'm still patiently waiting for 
> a good Slytherin.

houyhnhnm:

I have been thinking lately that Fleur may be the 
good Slytherin.  I know, she's not a Slytherin <g>, 
but the fact that the Weasley children call her Phlegm 
and that there is a whole chapter called "An Excess of 
Phlegm" may be a pointer that she would have been 
sorted into Slytherin if she had gone to Hogwarts.  
Fortunately for her, she attended Beauxbatons and so 
her nature had a chance to develop naturally, as the 
children sorted into Slytherin at Hogwarts would do, 
if the House had not become corrupted.

The scene between her and Molly at the end of HBP is 
one of the best lessons in tolerance in the books and 
one of my favorites.  Neither woman changes.  Fleur is 
still proud and ambitious.  She will never learn to like 
Celestina Warbeck.  Molly is still loud and unsophisticated.  
Her taste in music will never improve.  But they have 
learned to respect each other because they recognize 
that they both love Bill.  I am looking forward to 
seeing what happens with Fleur in DH.