He didn't know what to say to her either. It was clearly a message. The other houses on the street were left alone except for theirs and the Yaxleys. Even the Yaxley home wasn't in as bad a condition. Half of the ground floor of their house was engulfed in flames, but the villagers were working together to put those out. Nothing seemed to be completely lost. Only their home was demolished. Hermione didn't even have to try to guess who was responsible for that. It was just another way for Rodolphus to show that he would destroy them both.