What Hermione lacked in social intuition she could certainly make up for in intellect, and she took very little time in deciding that Martha had something of a past with the man she'd traveled with. Her eyes flickered to the wedding ring again- it was a wedding ring, wasn't it, not just a ring that happened to be on her wedding finger?

Quite aside from her (rather nosy) musings on Martha's love life, she was genuinely interested in the story, her mind racing through possible explanations before she reminded herself that Martha wasn't from her world. Trying to deduce what had happened would be impossible for her.

A disquieting thought, for someone so used to knowing all the answers.

"Go on," she said, sounding curious but uncertain.