Harry's power of speech failed him in a surge of guilty anger. In the absence of words, he leant over and pressed a shaking hand to Hermione's still wounded chest. He closed his eyes and breathed rapidly in and out. It was a pained, raspy series of gulps. Hermione gasped, too ... for it felt as though Harry was reaching inside her and trying to soothe her actual pain with his fingertips. It was a breathtaking sensation.