There was a bite to his tone, a wealth of meaning behind his words. Something about Draco's recent visits to the village did not sit well with his uncle. Hermione had the feeling that she was the reason. He might have respected her a lifetime earlier, but the world had changed. Rodolphus was no longer entrenched in the intrigue and danger of their former world. Perhaps, he wasn't too keen on the idea that she would be the instrument in his nephew's folly.