Well, that was ages ago. But I know people who've told her things as a Prefect, and even before this year, Su Li says she'd trust her with anything. And Finnigan confides in her all the time, and he's not a Ravenclaw.

That's what I'm saying--Padma and Pansy seem like they're a lot alike to me. Only Pansy can throw more sickles round if she needs to do, Padma has to rely on doing people good turns so they'll like her back. She can't just assume that they'll treat her respectfully, even if she is a pureblood. She's had to work for what she's got. I can understand that she'd be jealous of her place and want to keep it, even if that means sometimes playing dirty.

Aren't you always saying that playing dirty's all right, so long as it gets you what you want in the end?