"Well I'm only too happy to help. Why do some of these old manors persist in being so dark?" Padma had fallen in love with Nott Manor for the simple fact it wasn't so dark and gloomy.
Padma truly felt sorry for Daphne, and wondered if she shouldn't just tell her about the bird. "You know, maybe it wasn't his family, but perhaps some old enemy of the Bletchleys. Perhaps if you find out the family it belongs to, you can go a long way to finding out how to fix it." That would absolve them of any blame, as Padma knew it had belonged to the Montague family first.