Agreed, but Harry doesn't think that anymore. Not after the events on the Astronomy Tower. Or even before that, the weeping in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

It is interesting, there are at least three women at that table, one of them not named (but apparently not Alecto Carrow, or Rowling would have said), so there seem to be a number of female Death Eaters after all. The sexism we've noticed before seems less obvious here. Though it does seem to me that Tonks' marriage would've been discussed differently if she had been a man. There seems to be a notion of "how dare that vile beast defile a witch descended from a pureblood family" that reminds one of honour killings and the like - even though of course Tonks is a half-blood to begin with, as Bellatrix points out.

And yes, Narcissa is clearly leading her family here, doing what it takes to keep them all safe.

You don't give up, do you?

She's certainly not as scary when she's groveling to Voldemort, but her feelings for him do make her more interesting than if she'd just been a random psychopath, imho.

I agree.

It is a bit unclear... perhaps we'll get more clues later on.

Agreed. The contrast between the two hinting at the truth in the middle is indeed well done. And the mention of the Grand Tour can only confirm the impression of the wizarding world being stuck in the past a bit. Though I suppose in the 1890s actual Britons did in fact still do Grand Tours - A Room with a View must be set somewhere around then, no? Or perhaps even later?

And I'm still not convinced that we should be searching for any particular memory - just the general experience was traumatic enough, I dare say.

Seems to be, yeah, though what she would've said I'm not sure.