Aberforth Dumbledore certainly had an effective way to make his presence known. Since their last lesson where she'd actually managed to sting him in the stomach, there had been no indication that he would return to keep teaching. Determined not to miss her opportunity to get better, Hermione rushed back into the sleeping area to change. On a whim she didn't exactly understand, she made certain that even her dirty clothes were pushed back inside her beaded bag. She'd spent too long in the village. Her chance to leave without worry that William Wood was behind her to curse her in the back presented itself.