Harry's reasoning regarding Narcissa's lie is faulty

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 178075

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> Carol, still wondering how the Malfoys got by without a House-elf
> after Dobby was freed

zanooda:

Maybe they had more than one :-)! Remember how Draco Malfoy says in 
PoA that Lupin "dresses like our old house-elf"? Dobby was not their 
slave anymore at that time, and somehow he doesn't seem "old" to me. 
Winky, iirc, mentioned that her mother and grandmother served the 
Crouch family as well, so I think it's quite possible for two or even 
three house-elves to live in a house at the same time (unless you cut 
the older one's head when the younger one is ready to serve, like the 
Blacks did).


>> Laura wrote:

>> I have one question: why did Narcissa ask Harry if Draco
>> was still alive? Yes, I know that Harry was in the castle
>> a while ago, and she knows this, too, but she knows at
>> least that Harry has been gone from the castle for the
>> time it took for Harry to walk a long ways into the forest,
>> and for Voldemort to "kill" him. Isn't the battle still going
>> on? Couldn't something have happened to Draco in the
>> interim?

The battle stopped for one hour ("The Prince's Tale") by LV's orders 
to give Harry time to come to the Forest and surrender. Narcissa 
knows that Harry left the castle after the battle stopped, and, if he 
saw Draco alive at that time, it's logical for her to assume that he 
is still alive when she asks her question.


zanooda