Where the Lady had been tense and almost avoidant of the portrait-maker’s (and now the audience’s) eye, and Lord Malfoy had been challenging and hostile, their son was open and earnest before the viewer—not smiling outright but there was such a sense of friendliness and assuredness in his look that it had compelled Martin more than once to smile in response as he’d drawn them up. They were truly charming portraits, and Martin noticed with secret satisfaction that Hermione could not stop staring at them.