            An hour later—or was it longer—Hermione managed to get a cab back to Grimmauld Place. With only one drink in her system, she felt safe enough to apparate herself without splinching, though Lucius still insisted on seeing her home. She in turn insisted on seeing him to her floo instead of going to the Leaky Cauldron’s fireplace, knowing that Harry must already be asleep and Ron away at Lavender’s.