Neville and Hannah

Neville married Hannah Abbott.¹ Neville eventually became Herbology professor.² We are unsure what he did before. Hannah supposedly applies as matron at Hogwarts;³ she was previously landlady at the Leaky.⁴

We have only an article in which Mrs. Rowling uses Rita Skeeter as the fictional author when we learn of Hannah’s plans to join her husband at Hogwarts. Knowing Rita, not everything printed is true, but how much is false, how much is merely exaggerated, and how much is simply shaded to look bad? Without independent corroboration we cannot say.

I am concerned about this relationship. Either Hannah is going from landlady at the tavern to matron at the school to stay with her husband, or the two of them will be separated for large parts of the year by careers that both demand physical presence. In the first case, was Hannah unhappy with her apparent success? Was she manager but not owner? If so, giving up the (probably stressful) job may well be welcome. If she is owner, she now has to sell the place or employ someone. She might well consider the sacrifice worthwhile for her husband’s dream job. Perhaps they as a couple have discussed this in a healthy way. It just seems, as I said, odd.

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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/10/20/j-k-rowling-at-carnegie-hall-reveals-dumbledore-is-gay-neville-marries-hannah-abbott-and-scores-more/