Most had given up, stopped resisting, in the hopes that their lives and their children's’ lives would be spared. It was, perhaps, the intelligent choice, but Hermione would never join their numbers. She had nothing left to lose. She would sooner die than bow her head to him. Even if she did, she didn’t have the advantage of good breeding. She would likely be killed either way. Voldemort’s world had no place for her.