She didn't recognize the handwriting on the outside of the sealed parchment. In fact, unless she was mistaken, it appeared that whomever wrote the missive wanted to disguise their usual writing. There were plenty of opportunities for an owl to be intercepted when it was sent to the Ministry. No doubt part of her assistant's arrangement with Rabastan was to open any of Hermione's correspondence when presented with the opportunity and report to him anything worth knowing. Carefully tearing open the note, Hermione bit back a smile when she read the contents.