The Malfoys

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No: HPFGUIDX 173737

Lenore:
Yes. She saw a chance and took it. That episode seems to show  her
as a soft, gentle woman, and I began to realize that I had never  seen
her characterized in any other way. I suppose she too was in  Slytherin
but, as far as Draco was concerned, she was the epitome of  devotion.

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Mary:
The importance of love within the Malfoy's was shown as far back as GOF and  
possibly earlier. My first inkling that it might be important is on the train 
in  GOF when Draco says that his father considered sending him to Durmstrang 
but his  mother didn't want him so far away. Until then, I wondered whether 
Draco was  important simply as a foil for Harry. I also wondered if Draco's 
importance  to his family was simply as heir. This was my first clue that there 
might be  something more. 
 
Obviously, Narcissa's love for Draco is vital to HBP. Without her, there  
would not have been an Unbreakable Vow and much of the tension of HBP would be  
gone. 
 
Love within the family is important to Malfoys. That fierce love for family  
(and by extension, other pure-bloods) is a defining characteristic. They not  
only love but defend their love. Narcissa loves Lucius and defends him  at 
from Bellatrix throughout out the series. 
 
Note too that Bellatrix does not share her sister's ability to love.  
Bellatrix never once mentions Rodolphus. From the Daily Prophet that we even  know 
that he is still alive as he also escaped from Azkaban in OP but  Bellatrix's 
only interest is in Voldemort.
 
---Mary



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