Both women received their coats, hats and gloves from Winky in silence, then traipsed through the side corridors and out into the gardens. Hermione fought the urge to glance back at the French doors illuminated by the rest of the Death Eater's enjoying the Christmas festivities; mostly because Astoria did not look behind her, but she was sure if she were to look that she would see Theo with his head bent loyally to Draco's ear, nodding toward their disappearing figures in the snow.