Following another simple dinner prepared by his house guest, Augustus wasn't ready to go back to bed. His convalescence was making him grow irritable. If he had to spend another minute in bed longer than he had to, he complained that he would go completely mad. Instead of breaking apart after the meal was over as they had every other night, he suggested they both enjoy the evening air in the back garden together. Truthfully, Hermione was slightly annoyed at the suggestion. She'd been looking forward to doing nothing more substantial than curling up with one of his books in front of the fireplace that had to always be lit. The chances of them bringing up a topic she wasn't prepared to discuss grew higher each moment they spent in the other's presence.