Lucius Malfoy's intent in COS

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 114421

Lucius Malfoy.  Let's put ourselves in his shoes.  LV has been gone 
for years, out of sight out of mind.  The MOM is conducting raids so 
he says to himself, "better get rid of things of LV, so no one links 
me and finds out that I was a DE".  So he goes to Borgin's to sell 
the stuff.  Borgin doesn't want the diary. Lucius has to get rid of 
it.  See kids buying their books, (maybe he was going to sell it 
there, but) sees Ginny Weasley and thinks, "here is a good place to 
dump this, they will find it at the Weasley house instead of mine".  
But Dobby tells Harry that he is not safe at Hogwarts, apparently 
from something he has overheard in the Malfoy household.  If we take 
the Chamber and the diary out of it, what other reason might Lucius 
Malfoy have for killing Harry? And who was plotting with him? Dobby 
would have heard at least 2 people talking. Is Lucius after 
something else?  Maybe we are lead on the wrong path by our author; 
it has happened before.  Can anyone think of some other reason why 
someone would want Harry dead?? Lets say that it has nothing to do 
with the prophesy. After all even if Lucius knew about it, all he 
would know is that "the one with the power to vanquish the Dark 
Lord.." and everyone thinks that is has already happened. Again 
assume that Lucius knows nothing about the events at the end of book 
1. LV is gone.  Why would Lucius want to kill a kid who is no threat 
to him? There must be something else. What is it? Any ideas??  What 
ties does Lucius have to the Potter family?  If the MOM is 
conducting raids maybe they are investigating other things too. ??

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