She had to wonder what they'd needed Dittany for; it seemed rather ominous. Still, Martha hadn't asked who she'd been meeting, or anything even slightly intrusive, so she could hardly justify demanding to know what had happened.

The cottage was distinctly pleasant- Hermione could hardly deny that, even with all the distractions of the day making it difficult for her to exactly concentrate on architecture. "It's lovely," she said, not just meaning it as a platitude- she was rather envious, really, that Martha had at least managed to find somewhere to take root. A thought occurred to her. "Are you a practising doctor? I don't imagine this came free, after all, and they've got to have some system of healthcare here- I just didn't really think of it before."