Half a dozen times Hermione started to return to Cornwall to tell Augustus she'd made a terrible mistake in suggesting he actually marry Alecto. What sort of madness would compel her to encourage the man she once loved to leave one miserable marriage and enter into another with a half-mad woman he didn't love? Sometimes she could be the most selfish person alive. She hadn't always been that way. Experiences and disappointments molded her into that creature. Not even becoming a mother cured her of that odious trait. How many times did she forget Oliver completely? More than she was comfortable with.