Sighing, Richard looked around the table. "I’ll admit you're not my first choice of suitor for my daughter," he conceded, looking at Draco. "But Hermione is free to make her own choices, and if this is what she wants, I’ll not deny her. Just be warned—" he added sternly, with a hard stare, "—should you break her heart or play false, I will tie you by your bollocks to the work horse and drag you behind until they snap off."