Hermione was further amazed and grateful that Lucius wanted to help. She'd been under the assumption that the disgraced wizard was firmly on Rodolphus" side. No one else seemed to want him. Twenty years after the fall of their family, very few wanted to even speak the name Malfoy. Antonin only wanted to use the Malfoys if it was convenient. Rodolphus appeared to actually care for his late wife's family.