On the day of her examination, she bid good-bye to her parents at breakfast, and as they headed off to work, walked towards the subway station. Instead of getting on a train, however, she bought a German language primer from the travel office and sat quietly on a bench reading it, as she waited for eleven-thirty. No one bothered her; Hermione suspected that she simply didn't look that interesting. She was only a little girl in stockings and a warm black coat, reading a book and bothering no one; she could have been any child going to visit relatives for the holidays.