At just past midnight the official meeting ended, and by 2:00am everyone started dispersing; disapparating back to their various homes and Order safehouses with effusive if tired farewells, Charlie Weasley escorting Madeleine Dubois-Volkov back to the undisclosed location they were staying at while she was in Britain. He would be guarding her for the duration. After saying goodbye to the last person to leave – Neville, as it happened, who hugged her tightly – Hermione was shattered; absolutely bone weary, and ready for bed. Draco had disappeared almost immediately after the meeting had ended and the socialising had begun – he'd gone down to the cellar to check on Pansy.