While she finished the washing up from breakfast, Hermione kept part of her attention on the teaching steps away. Posy was a sweet student who did exactly as she was instructed without any debate. She was clearly a rule-follower, the kind of student that teachers always adored. Her older sister, however, reminded Hermione so much of herself as a young girl that she was uncomfortable. Argumentative, too curious and inquisitive for her own good, Lizzie was driving her mother mad. It was clear that tempers were about to flare. Frustrated with yet another argument from her older daughter, Sarah rose to her feet in a huff.