Hermione’s mind flashed back to the Burrow. The evening before they were to leave for Hogwarts, Ron had mentioned "secret agreements’ between the Ministry and the goblins regarding old Pure-blood family money. It certainly didn’t seem so secretive now. However, unless it was just common knowledge, the article failed to mention that the wealthiest families and those bloodlines first to die out would be Pure-bloods. If Ron hadn’t been such an arse this school year, she would ask him what else he had heard from Percy.