Teachers generally had two ways of dealing with students who talked privately during class.
One was to forbid them from talking in class. This worked most of the time, but it still could not stop them from passing notes or whispering a few words whenever the teacher was not paying attention.
The more they were forbidden, the more interesting and thrilling it seemed. So some teachers simply did not bother and let them talk during class, as Pomona did. Some quickly lost interest in talking; if someone kept chatting with you without stopping, you would find them annoying too.
Then there were those who only got worse. Ron Weasley not only talked endlessly with his friends, but also threw pea pods at Pomona's head twice, without offering a single apology.
It was like young couples. If parents or some other force opposed them, they felt it was time to "test" the strength of their love. Yet after they finally entered a "happy marriage," it was not merely the countless trivial details of daily life that caused friction. Most importantly, it had become "legal," and that feeling suddenly disappeared.
If you left them alone, they would squabble among themselves and break up within days. Such couples were common on campus. Couples who met at school and married were comparatively rare. Harry's parents were the latter, while Harry's wife Ginny and Dean Thomas were the former. Then Harry married Ginny as well; they had begun dating in their sixth year.
School was a relatively closed environment. Once people left campus, things were different, especially in social settings.
During the time Georgiana was "away," Madame de Vaudey truly hosted the salon like its "mistress." The appearance of the Mamluks and Georgiana at the residence caused quite a stir, yet when she truly came