Hermione stilled before reciting the well-known rhyming proverb. "For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, for want of a rider the army was lost, for want of an army the battle was lost, for want of a battle the war was lost, for want of a war the kingdom was lost, and all for the want of a horse shoe nail."