He confessed that he assumed she'd managed to meet up with some of the other high-profile defectors that had yet to be caught. Her respect of and friendship with Rodolphus Lestrange was well-known. Somehow the wizard had been able to elude his master for almost four years. There were rumors that he was dead, but neither of them believed that was true. Roddy was resourceful. He wouldn't be found until he wanted to be found. Hermione didn't deny that she would be pleased to have her path cross his at some point in the future. Perhaps he could help her figure out what to do in the long term. What she was doing in the short term wouldn't work forever.