Was Draco's task surprising?/regarding Lily not apparating with Harry

[Inge]

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> snipsnapsnurr said
> 
> "Was Draco's task surprising?
> 
> Am I the only one who thought right up until the scene in the 
lightning 
> struck tower that Draco's task was to kill Harry?"
> 


Inge:
You're not the only one who thought Draco's task was to kill Harry. For 
a while during my reading, I thought so, too.
Well into the book I changed my mind and thought his taks was instead 
to kill Slughorn to prevent Slughorn from giving Dumbledore information 
about the Horcrux-thing, since Voldemort wouldn't want for Dumbledore 
to know about that. (But Dumbledore had known for years already, hadn't 
he?)
It didn't occur to me that Dumbledore was the actual target until the 
Lightning Struck Tower scene.