Voldemort surveyed the assembled Death Eaters, most were his Inner Circle, mostly the ones he trusted most to keep matters from getting out of hand. Granger's postscript changed everything, and he could not risk some hot-headed fool going too far and irreparably harming her. He was hesitant to include Bellatrix, yet if she discovered she had been left out... she would be moody and difficult. "My loyal followers, I have gathered you for a special task. It has come to my attention that the mudblood, Hermione Granger, has broken ties with Potter and his lot. She is somewhere out there, hiding. She promised if one of you can find her, and bring her to me, she will join us, telling us anything we want to know. She also agreed whichever one of you to find her may do as your wish her. I add that until I am satisfied she must be alive and sane." He looked directly at Bellatrix. "Other than that there are no rules. If by 2nd May 1998 we have not located her, she wins and you are forbidden from harming her directly, or indirectly."