Unfortunately for her, he did not seem naturally inclined to the stronger drinks like Firewhiskey, but he did imbibe them occasionally, and he had consumed so many goblets of wine that several hours later he was quite blotto. She rather thought that the steady drinking was for courage. He and a certain undistinguished Gryffindor named Miss Lavender Brown had reportedly been on the verge of becoming affianced when she had abruptly severed the relationship; no doubt it was difficult for him to forget the blow. Hermione did her best to encourage him by getting closer and closer to his body as the night went on and laughing gratifyingly loudly at his jokes.