"You really feel that I intrigue you, huh? Can't say your fellow school companions mothers and fathers would say the same thing about me, not that many of them are still alive to discuss such matters. But why, out of curiousity, do you feel such way?" She was now approaching Hermione slowly and quietly. Hermione stood up and looked down at the table, as to make herself feel somewhat taller and less intimidated by the woman, to no avail.