There was no resistance at the gates preventing Hermione from crossing over into the grounds. Was the house well-warded? She was vulnerable if it wasn't. Leave it to Rabastan not to consider the safety of anyone but himself. For one that was so passionate about protecting his children, it was easy to assume that would extend to the woman purported to be carrying his bastard. Of course there was a big difference in children that carried his name and those that had no right to claim it in Rabastan's mind. He was a remnant of an old-fashioned world that Hermione desperately hoped would die out soon. Any further hope that at least the mistress of the manor was protected by the Nott family's house-elves was further dashed when the large front door was opened by Rosalind herself. Hermione wasn't sure what to think.