            Once her wizards had departed—both wrapped in scarfs, hats, and glamour to conceal their appearances—Hermione had set out on her mission into Muggle Paris. Her idea was quite straightforward, yet tedious (though the spells she had learned during her time at the Department of Ministry’s administrative office would help). Seeing as the French Ministry had decided to keep the disappearances of its citizens out of the press, Hermione had set her sights on the Muggle news instead. In her mind, it would be impossible for hundreds of people to disappear without a trace, magical or not. Even if the Muggles didn’t know exactly what they were reporting on, the disappearance of so many couldn’t have gone unnoticed for very long. And seeing as French culture kept the magical and non-magical communities much closer-knit than in Britain (she had learned this over the course of her Hogwarts schooling), the newspapers were likely rife with information.