"I know that," Hermione retorted. "It doesn’t mean that Lucius does." She sighed again. "Look, he’s less important to the Dark Lord than he was in the last war. My wealth is nearly as large as his, and with Bella we have the Black family fortune as well. The failure at the ministry last year is being blamed on him. The sister-in-law he hates has married a teenager and the both of them are highly powerful and trusted. I was