Rodolphus snorted, an indelicate sound that he would normally try to prevent. For all of the times he seemed to have no problem "mucking about with Mudbloods" as she once heard his younger brother accuse him of, he could easily turn into the proper Pureblood when he wished to seem as important as he believed himself to be. Hermione disliked when he was pompous, but it was easy to ignore him when he was obnoxious.