Hermione understood how much Antonin wanted to blurt out that he told her so when it came to her former friendship with the wretched witch downstairs. For years, he'd warned her that Alecto couldn't be trusted, that she was using Hermione for her own purposes. Out of her own anger, Hermione refused to listen to his warnings. There were few enough people in their social circles that wanted anything to with the "Dark Lord's Mudblood Bitch" that she wanted to believe she'd found a true friend. It had been naïve and foolish certainly, but it was the truth. She'd been desperate for friendship.