In his spare time, Draco has kept a correspondence with his mother that would not be intercepted by the Ministry by using house elves. Narcissa still spent most of her time in the gardens of the Manor, pretending to be somewhere else, but Draco has begged through his letters for her to wake up and warn his father that he had the most serious intentions for a muggleborn, and that he was already undertaking all the preparations necessary in order to crown her the next Lady Malfoy as soon as their footing inside the Ministry was secured and she would allow it.