Re: Malfoy Manor
The Dark Lord's lips parted in what could not exactly be called a smile, it was more like a crack had opened in his pale expanse of a face.
"Severus, yes. Come and sit down."
He gestured with a slender, skeletal hand to the chair across from his in front of a large, empty hearth. Whatever Lucius might say about the security in his home, Voldemort did not suffer lit fires unless someone was immediately coming or going by Floo.
"I trust things at the school are advancing as planned?"
The Carrows were brutes, but given such clear directions even trolls could perform with some level of success.