On their journey here, Hermione's biggest fear had been that she would not know how to reverse the Memory Charm she had cast, or even if she did, that she would not reverse it correctly, or more horrid still, make her parents" memories worse. What she hadn't expected – what she probably should have expected – was that even in her success, Mum and Dad would be none too pleased with what they constituted as a deep betrayal on the part of their daughter. Hermione had been shaken when her explanation, delivered with the best of intentions, had done little to dissuade her parents from their clear disappointment in her. She could probably count on only one hand the number of times Mummy and Daddy had been disappointed in her – her academics had never given them cause to, and Mum had always maintained that she, Hermione, had been an exquisitely behaved little girl.