Hermione’s newfound equanimity with regards to the failure of the Magical Protection Act lasted almost through the rest of the week, during which she’d optimistically reached out to everyone she could think of that might be willing to hear her out both on the Wizengamot (precious few people) and in the families and friends of Wizengamot members (again, far too few). It clearly became obvious that most of the people she might have any sway with had already voted in favour of the law and the few that didn’t wouldn’t be enough to change the results even if they did flip the vote. 