Mr. Granger now turned to his daughter's boyfriend. "Ron, it takes a real man to tell me what you did, especially seeing as you could have just gone along without saying anything. It takes an even bigger man to admit his faults. So I suppose I can think of no bloke finer for my little Hermione." Glancing between her father and lover, Hermione's eyes seemed to grow wide with understanding, before she beamed and hugged and kissed both men.