She realized she had zero idea what was happening in the conversation around her as Theo placed his hand on her elbow. He smiled politely at the group and excused them with a need to dance to a favorite song. Thankfully Theo had been carrying the conversation well enough for her, that maybe no one else had noticed that she had been more interested in the painting behind one of the gentleman’s head than she had been in the conversation they had been having. She had stopped listening when they had started talking about money. Theo, having grown up rich, and somehow managed to stay so even after the Ministry penalties, was easily able to participate in these conversations whereas Hermione slowly began to disassociate. 