The prospect of going into Gryffindor to ask for an alliance – a Slythindor alliance, as she privately called it – was a highly lowering one for Draco. Although he had been brought to see its necessity, he grumbled against it every opportunity he got. But he was a Slytherin; Hermione knew he would rise to the situation when it called for it. The Gryffindors had responded to their letter asking for an audience with guarded agreement, so she knew they were probably curious to hear what Slytherin could possibly want with them.