Yes, I wanted to see if she could be trusted as a wife at long last after I silenced her for good. For the first time ever, I felt optimistic about this arrangement, and it allowed me to enjoy kissing her. I slept in relative peace, and all because things were finally looking up on all fronts. I had no dreams, good or otherwise, which was a blessing in and of itself. But as always, time would tell in the end, and then and only then would I know if Hermione was my match and not before...