Minerva had worked hard to succeed Dumbledore as professor of Transfiguration.
But the worm in her heart began to turn and she thought of Metis, resplendent in her wedding gown and the hand-made veil that had been passed down through the family for three generations. Yes, she was a professor all right. But she would also never wear that veil, something she had secretly desired for years.
 
And years.