Ten minutes later, from the safety of Marcus" arm across her shoulders, Hermione repeated her suspicions to Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Rodolphus Lestrange. Snape nodded, "Dumbledore only seemed to notice you when you objected to the boys mistreating you. Now, I realize that is because he would have needed to reinforce the charm." He stroked his beard, "My apologies, Miss Granger for never realizing that was what was going on."