"Thank you." It would be nice if this was all some big misunderstanding, and she probably would have believed that just last week. It was hard not to get paranoid now. Or maybe it was just knowing too well how these sorts of things usually ended up, when Azkaban was missing most of its prisoners.
Glancing across at the dirty dishes Ron had left in the sink, Hermione answered, "No." Moving over to where he was standing, she filled the sink with hot water, added detergent and then used the charm that Mrs Weasley had taught her so the dishes would wash themselves. "But we don't have to stand around watching them."