What does Lucius Malfoy do?

[Liz]

No: HPFGUIDX 72452

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
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> Michael Gidlow
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> Maybe this has been brought up before, but what does Lucius Malfoy 
do 
> for a living? Is he a business man of some kind? That's how I view 
> him. Any ideas?
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>  Kathryn Cawte
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> Well I'd go with nothing. Oh he probably sits on the board of some 
wizarding
> companies but I doubt he actually *does* anything. I mean he's the 
epitome
> of old money landed aristocracy - and while a lot of sristocracy 
now do have
> to have a job just to keep the family pile in good repair Lucius 
strikes me
> as the sort of person who would look down his aristocratic, blue-
blooded
> nose at anyone wh dirtied their hands with 'business' or 'trade'. 
> 

Me:  Gosh, I thought it was obvious what LM does -- I mean it's 
pretty clear he's "Doing Hard Time" at the moment.  Hee, hee, hee, 
hee.

Sorry, couldn't resist.  Actually, I completely agree with Kathryn.  
I picture him in the same mold as James Potter old money.  You know, 
the "unemployed wastrell" type.  <-- I don't have the book with me, 
but Uncle Vernon calls him something like that.  If you've got enough 
money, you don't need the old 9 - 5 job.  You can put your time to 
better uses like muggle-baiting and corruption in Malfoy's case, or 
fighting Lord Thingy in James'case.  You know JKR, it's not what 
you've got, it what you do with what you've got.

Liz