CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 185582

Magpie wrote:
> <snip> My recollection was that both Narcissa and Lucius were
looking forward to Draco being able to save them by identifying Harry
and so giving them the go ahead to tell LV and get back in his good
graces and Draco was the only person who was reluctant at all.

Carol responds;

I agree, except that Narcissa later warns that they need to be certain
before they summon the Dark Lord, which contrasts with Lucius's
eagerness. And the contrast between Lucius, who only wants his old
authority and power as LV's right-hand man back, and Draco, who
clearly doesn't want to identify Harry and his friends but is also
afraid of the consequences if he doesn't, is emphasized by the
narrator's description of the two side by side, virtually identical
(except for age) in their coloring and features but contrasting in
their expressions. 

Lucius, examining Harry's scar, says, "Draco, come here, look
properly! What do you think?"

And then:

"Harry saw Draco's face up close now, right beside his father's. They
were extraordinarily alike, except that while his father looked beside
himself with excitement, Draco's expression was full of reluctance,
even fear.

"'I don't know,'" he said, and he walked away toward the fireplace
where his mother stood watching." (DH Am. ed., 459.)

I don't see how it can get any clearer than that, really.

Carol, agreeing with Magpie on this point