"Like I said, Hermione – if we can. If we can. We don't know who's going to be Minister of Magic after the war; we don't know who's going to comprise the Wizengamot. There's an awful lot we don't know, and I'm not sure how much weight our recommendations will hold after the war is over and done. We'll do what we can to keep Draco out of Azkaban, or reduce whatever punishment he gets, if we feel it's unreasonable, but we can't make promises. That – that was why we hadn't told you yet. We didn't want to give you false hope. But you seemed so miserable just now, I didn't think it could hurt to tell you what we'd decided."