"Well," Madeleine said, lifting those piercing blue eyes from the microscope and pinning Hermione. "I may not have much free time – so many projects, so little time, such is my life... But a puzzle, a problem with no solution...that always intrigues me." She blinked at Hermione owlishly, spectacles dangling around her neck from a fine gold chain. "If you would not object, I should like to examine your scars, and see if I can find a solution, which your Healers cannot."