Narcissa and Lucius WAS: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Will Draco come back?

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 81964

Cassie wrote:
How do we know this? What canon is there that Narcissa convinced 
Lucius to send Draco to Hogwarts? 

Tom: 
The information you're looking for is in Goblet of Fire.

"...Father actually considered sending me to Durmstrang rather than 
Hogwarts, you know. He knows the headmaster, you see. Well, you know 
his opinion of Dumbledore - the man's such a Mudblood-lover - and 
Durmstrang doesn't admit that sort of riffraff. But Mother didn't 
like the idea of me going to school so far away. Father says 
Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about the 
Dark Arts. Durmstrang students actually learn them, not just the 
defense rubbish we do...." (GoF, Ch.11, 165)

According to Draco (if he can be trusted) Narcissa won because 
Durmstrang was too far away. Of course, this doesn't make any sense 
to me at all, considering that the WW can use Portkeys and Floo 
Powder to traverse great distances, but hey: it's in the canon. ;-)

Cheers,
Tom