The rest of the party descended upon the manor en masse, Maudsley procured a cake and late luncheon in fine fashion. Draco told Hermione how shocked Blaise had been when he and MacReynolds had agreed that having the adoption paperwork on hand wouldn't be a bad idea. MacReynolds explained that even had the council refused to accept the marriage between Draco and Hermione, they wouldn't have been able to remove Scorpius from Hermione's custody as adoptive mother without a solid reason. 