Harry's reasoning regarding Narcissa's lie is faulty

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 178089

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "curlyhornedsnorkack" 
<easimm at ...> wrote:

> It makes more sense that Narcissa lied to end Voldemort's reign. She 
> had nothing to gain from having Voldemort alive. She and her husband 
> were no longer valued death eaters. They were terrified. Voldemort 
> was using their property and their son as he pleased. Narcissa would 
> have heard Harry referred to as "the chosen one" to stop Voldemort, 
> and when she heard the miracle of his heartbeat, she would have known 
> it to be true. She risked her life, and her husband's and son's 
> lives, in the hope that Harry really could kill Voldemort and end 
> their misery. 

I agree, and I also believe that Narcissa - via the strength of her 
maternal love (magically amplified) - somehow intuited that Draco was 
still alive due to Harry's mercy - that "bond" which Dumbledore spoke 
of when one wizard saves the life of another. 

   - CMC