Breakfast moved at a snail's pace. Partly because she didn't have much of an appetite, but mostly because he kept staring at her without saying anything. She felt like she was being examined as some sort of oddity. When he stood up to announce that he had to leave to go to London for a few hours, Hermione almost sighed out loud in relief. Rodolphus leaned over to kiss her on the cheek on his way out.