As Draco maneuvered Hermione over to a small cot in the one corner, Hermione had to conclude that the art of intimate relations, particularly at middle age, had a heavier, more conscientious weight to it then when she and Ron had made lover after they were newly married. In the immediate years after childbirth, she had been conscious about her body, despite her husband's assurances that she still looked breathtaking. As a young grandmother, Hermione wondered if she looked worse now. If she did, though, Draco wouldn't be taking her to bed, most likely.