The tears coursed down her cheeks—not freely, however, for when they came into contact with her heavily beaded eyelashes they assumed an inky color, and pursued the rest of their way in slow black rivulets.
Harry saw Hermione checking that she still had the beaded bag, and hurriedly thrust his own hand under his jacket to make sure he had not lost the Invisibility Cloak.
It was now packed inside the beaded bag, which, Harry was impressed to learn, Hermione had protected from the Snatchers by the simple expedient of stuffing it down her sock.
" Yes, I took out all my Building Society savings before I came to the Burrow. I'll bet all the change is at the bottom, " sighed Hermione, reaching for her beaded bag.
" When you say you've got the Cloak, and clothes… " said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging.