He starts to say that her precious child was a bully, happily threatening children as young as ten, but he reconsiders. "And when I feel that the time is right he will be released." He’s certain Harry, if he knew of the Dursleys’ presence, would insist on that, as empathetic as his little consort was even towards his enemy. "You will die here. Your husband will die here. But I will release your son."