CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 185578

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kneazlecat54" <12newmoons at ...>
wrote:

> It wasn't a verbal instruction.  My impression of the scene is that 
> Narcissa is now in control.  After Draco refuses to identify Harry, 
> he walks over to her, and she confirms his action by reminding 
> Lucius what the consequences will be if they are wrong.


zanooda:

Well, that's not how I see it :-). Draco refuses to identify Harry
*before* Narcissa says anything at all. She reminds Lucius about the
consequences *because* Draco acts as if unsure of Harry's identity
(and because Harry's wand is not holly and phoenix feather), not the
other way around. If Draco had said "yes, it's definitely Potter, and
the other two are Granger and Weasley", she would have been more than
happy to let her husband call LV and hand them over. But I very much
agree with you that Narcissa is in control, both in "Malfoy Manor" and
in "The Dark Lord Ascending" chapters :-).