She nodded. "Yes, but I shouldn't tell you anything else. It's best we don't know our futures, you know. Just in case we ever return. It's best to just leave it at yes, there's a war. There's not even much I can say. I was pulled in here before the truly thick of it. Others saw more than I did."
Besides, even if she had known of Bella's demise, she wouldn't have provided details. She wasn't that cruel.
"He didn't do anything. He was wrongly accused and because of the family name and reputation and the evidence against him... well, again, he did nothing wrong. He never became a Death Eater," Tonks said firmly. She hated to see Sirius' reputation tarnished any more than it already had been.
It was perhaps time for a different thread of conversation. "Your room's back this way," she offered, turning so that she could lead Bella in the correct direction. "Tell me, um, have you met a Rodolphus Lestrange in your time?"