All were blessed with wealth, high breeding, and (as the careful perusal of portraits had assured) beauty. Upon being entreated by Hermione to express a preference for one of them, Draco had irritably told her that for all he cared Hermione could pick his bride for him. Though secretly pleased by this further proof of his absolute indifference to the matter of his marriage, she had severely warned him to behave himself. She personally favoured the Lady Astoria, a sleek blonde whose father was the powerful Earl of Dungeon, but she was determined not to prejudice Draco and had kept her mouth shut.