Fourteen years earlier, Bellatrix Lestrange used a Cruciatus Curse on Neville Longbottom""s parents to kill them." Interested in details, McPherson questions Lydecker about his October 17th column two years earlier, when he "switched over" from a book review to an account of the Harrington murder case.Annabella""s first wish is to "have a good night""s rest." He offers her his own bed and agrees to sleep alone on he couch ("shakedown on the couch.") She also reveals hat her destination the next day is Scotland:Annabella: There""s a man in Scotland whom I must visit next if anything is to be done.Judah, we must believe in one another." They cross arms and drink to that pledge.The next day, Judah""s mother Miriam (Martha Scott) and his sister Tirzah (Cathy O""Donnell) also receive Messala warmly in their home, almost as one of their family.