As she continued to walk down the snowy streets ignoring the happy Muggles around her going about their lives, Hermione thought back to the message she still held in her pocket. If it truly was from the person she thought it was and wasn't just some elaborate plan to duplicate his writing, why would he send Malfoy? Why would he ask her to trust him? He would've had a better chance of getting her to trust a Death Eater stalking her around the country if he'd chosen one she actually trusted. Like Roddy or even Corban Yaxley. They'd had their differences at times, but she knew underneath his rough exterior he was a good man caught up in impossible circumstances. Or, why didn't he come himself?