Her husband’s absence was also noted. Draco Malfoy was an alternative answer to the broom-and-Floo question, and Astoria’s insubstantial Patronus could have travelled to him much faster, as lead detective Jason Hayes was quick to point out. Under private questioning, he learned the truth: Draco had not been indisposed, as his wife had so politely put it. He had been insensible. Unconscious. Knocked out and hung over from a night of heavy drinking.