Hermione thought that she ought to have felt distraught over the fact that Harry had never felt such intense emotion before, that this was all so new to him that he had no way of describing it to her. But the fact that she had inspired his wonderment, and that he would have to discover a new form of expression if he ever wanted to tell her all about it, so that she would be the first person he could ever make such an outpouring to, just made Hermione's heart throb so fiercely for him that it drove away any sense of pity she might have felt.