Diagon Alley—or what remained of it—was under lockdown. The Ministry was doing full-body magical scans of everyone entering, which brought foot traffic in and out of the building to a slow trickle. As an Unspeakable who had earned clearance to work on top-secret projects, Hermione Granger was at least allowed to enter the express security line. The Aurors scanned her and gruffly permitted her to enter the atrium to report to work.