Great care had gone into choosing Andromeda's robes for the evening. Not wanting to leave anything to chance, Bellatrix had given the elves very precise instructions of which robes to offer for choice, making sure that Andromeda looked her absolute best.
They had arrived on time, and were shown into a sitting room where the family was gathered and waited for them.
As Theodore greeted them and offered champagne, Bella herself smiled and introduced her sister, before making sure she was seated next to Stephen Nott. "You have a lovely home," Bellatrix said, smiling. "I had almost forgotten how beautiful it is."
"We're so pleased you invited us over." Not that they had, but Bella could pretend when it suited her purposes.