(FILK)I Like Being Slytherin-I Stand Corrected

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No: HPFGUIDX 46690

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > 
> > Somehow I can't see his father sending sweets to anyone, not 
even 
> his
> > wife. Unless of course they were poisoned and being sent to an 
> enemy. 
> > Unless he has some aunt/grandma who lives at home who 'spoils 
> him'.  I
> > mean, who would send them from home?

Then Caius replied: 
> Surely the Malfoys had more than one house elf? Sending sweets to 
a 
> foul young blot like Draco sounds very much like a house elf kind 
of 
> thing.
> 

It's possible that it could be a house elf, although there's 
absolutely no canon evidence indicating that the Malfoys have more 
than one house elf (pre or post Dobby). I doubt that most house 
elves, would care to take it upon themselves to send Draco sweets at 
school against his parents wishes, given that the consequences would 
probably be dire.  Also, wouldn't a house elf have to be quite fond 
of Draco, to want to send him things behind their masters' backs?  
Somehow, I doubt that Draco would inspire that sort of affection 
from a servant. However, we *do* have canon support for Draco's 
mother being fond of him.  "...Father actually considered sending me 
to Durmstrang rather than Hogwarts, you know.  He knows the 
Headmaster, you see.  <snip put-down of Dumbledore> But Mother 
didn't like the idea of me going to school so far away."  GoF, p147, 
UK hardback. I personally believe that Draco is quite spoiled by his 
parents (somewhat like Dudley), and that it's most likely that his 
mother is the one sending the care packages (or directing that they 
be sent).

It's also possible that Draco's lying about his mother being the 
reason he's not at Durmstrang, but again, nothing in canon gives us 
any reason (so far) to doubt that he's telling the truth here.

Jo Serenadust