Imagining simply being back in Rodolphus" presence terrified Hermione beyond description. Would she ever be able to calm down after the horrible incident in the garden? She wasn't so sure. Rodolphus offered absolutely no explanation for why he felt the need to murder his sister-in-law. Though Hermione knew that he'd never cared much for Gemma, thinking her to be obnoxious and shrill, he'd never been openly antagonistic to her either. She was merely an annoyance that he could swat away like a fly.