"Hey, give him a bit of a break," she chided gently with a look that bade him no ill-will for his sentiments on the matter. "He's still hurting, and is acting out. Ernie'd been talking about protecting Hermione - maybe that set him off somehow, like him thinking how he couldn't protect Harry."
Her foot slid to the back of his calf to rub in a soothing manner.
"And he did send that apology, after all. He's hot-headed, you know that. Hopefully he'll get over it a little over time, but until then, he's still young, still a Gryffindor."