Harry paused, trying to think of a way to persuade her that trying to free elves that didn’t want to be free was maybe not the best thing - especially as he knew it was Dobby who was taking them all, "You know," he started slowly,  " I’m not sure you’re going about this the best way, Hermione," she scowled, and immediately made to argue with him, "No, no, listen to me, listen! You’re trying to free the elves, but we’ve established a lot of them don’t want to be free, so you’re probably just offending them. Plus, you’re freeing them to do what?"