Hermione was then brought before him so he could see her intentions for Bellatrix and he was delighted with what he saw. He seen ways to antagonise the Order and Harry Potter especially. He seen her betrayal of the light as something that would excuse her blood status and so he declared she could stay with Bellatrix under the condition that this was now an official courting of Bellatrix as the eldest family member of the Nobel house of Black to Hermione Granger, new found secret Weapon of the Death Eaters.