Hermione’s mouth is suddenly dry, her face pale. She hadn’t... she’d known it was a possibility, but to have it thrown in her face, that everyone knew, that no one did anything, that girls and boys in their last year of school were thought to lower themselves in such a way if they wanted a chance at a decent job in the wizarding world. As she had refused Slughorn it was a miracle she had a job at all, and it had been mostly thanks to Harry and his parents.