Hermione was wearing a simple, conservative dress for today's guardianship hearing on behalf of Edward Remus Lupin, who was not even four months old. Harry had borrowed a suit from Ron that Mrs. Weasley had insisted on helping him shrink down using magic – a rather complicated spell that had involved shrinking the fibers of the suit itself, just as what might happen naturally if the outfit were sent through too hot a cycle in the dryer.