OOP: Ch 28 - What Draco saw

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118966


Valky wrote :
"IMO Draco is a bit of a meathead, certainly not so fast on the uptake
to have immediately, or even soon figured out that it wasn't remedial
potions, especially as he was being distracted at the time by his
position of Power at Hogwarts. 
OTOH I agree with potioncat, I am not sure its true that Draco isn't 
bright. Almost certainly as soon as he gives it some thought he will 
realise something was up that day, and that's not good news for Snape,
at all. Draco's Detour around and above the head of Slytherin house,
perhaps?"

Del replies :
We don't even need to wonder about Draco's intelligence, because we do
know about another trait of his that can spell trouble in this
situation: he babbles on and on to his father about Harry.

Unless Draco's relationship with his father changed dramatically since
CoS, chances are that the boy was only too happy to tell his father
that Harry Potter is in need of Remedial Potions. He probably gave a
luxury of details to Lucius, about how he saw Harry in Snape's office.
It would be a stroke of luck if he forgot to mention the presence of
the wands and the suspicious abscence of a cauldron. And even if Draco
doesn't see what's wrong about those details, I'm sure Lucius does.

So unless for some reason Draco didn't mention that episode to his
father, we might have to assume that Lucius knows too much about Snape
and Harry's private lessons.

Del