[HPforGrownups] Re: Where is LV's lair? (Hide Out)

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 87300

bboy_mn

> Malfoy Manor has one major problem, I don't think Draco can be trusted
> with the secret, in addition, I'm not sure Malfoy is in a position to
> have escaped Death Eaters wandering in and out at all hours of the
> day. I believe Malfoy Manor is in Whiltshire which is in Western
> England, just east of Bristol. That would be a country estate, so
> reasonably secluded, but I still think Draco is the fly in that
> ointment. I can't see Voldemort living in Draco's house without Draco
> knowing, and I can't see him knowing without giving up the secret.
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K

If the access to the part of Malfoy Manor in which the lair was, was
apparition only then Draco wouldn't be able to access it *and* wouldn't see
people coming and going - so he might well not know. He'd know there were
parts of the Manor he couldn't get into but I imagine they'd exist anyway -
let's face it if you're Lucius and you have an extensive collection of
illegal dark magic items and a son like Draco in the same house you'd have
invented some pretty fancy security precautions to stop him getting anywhere
near them, otherwise you'd constantly run the risk of Draco finding one,
thinking 'hey cool, I can really get Potter with this' and taking it without
considering that he and or you are likely to end up in Azkaban. Of course
you'd probably also have to put said precautions around the library (a
little knowledge is a dangerous thing, especially in the hands of a
malicious teenager) and the bar ('hey look alcohol that's older than
Dumbledore, let's share it around the Common room. Oh I'm sorry it cost
*how* much?')

K