Hermione had yet to turn up - something about heading out after their flight to check on Dean and Seamus and make sure they got to the palace in one piece - so Fleur forced herself to stay on the outskirts of the ballroom, close to where her mother was lazing on her seat with a glass of wine in one hand while she listened to whatever stupid thing Lucius was trying to convince her to do. Knowing him though, it probably included raising the taxes and enforcing more laws to strip the poor of their land.