At breakfast, she would sit at her place at the table, look at her food and gag from the smell, and Pansy would rush her out and to the bathroom. Draco often hastened to escort her himself but Hermione would wave him away, protesting that she was fine and didn’t want to worry Lucio, who still hadn’t been told the news. Lucio noticed this all going on but was assured there was nothing the matter with his mother, just that she was a little ill. He didn’t seem convinced until Hermione took him aside and gently told him everything really was fine, and there was nothing to worry about.