What were the Malfoys DOING there?

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No: HPFGUIDX 113660

Carolyn:
> And it certainly would have been very risky for Malfoy to have 
> had a dialogue with the diary, as Mandy originally suggested, but 
> if he didn't, who passed on the information about the diary's 
> powers, and discussed the plot with him? 
> 
> Dobby seemed to have overhead enough discussions at Malfoy manor 
> that summer to get the gist of what was being planned, and be 
> concerned enough to go and warn Harry at Privet Drive. JKR mentions 
> a cut scene with Draco and Theodore Nott at Malfoy manor, which 
> suggests that their fathers were in regular communication. 


SSSusan:
Good catch, Carolyn.  And JKR said this on her site:  "Raised by a 
very elderly widower and Death Eater father, Theodore is...."  Very 
elderly?  Perhaps he's old enough to have been a contemporary of 
Tom's at Hogwarts?

Ooooh, if Nott's one of the super-loyal DEs, that would make it more 
fun if Theodore turns out to be the hoped-for "Good Slytherin."

Siriusly Snapey Susan