Though she kept her face smiling, Narcissa was growing quickly furious inside. Severus had already reverted into a smirk; at least she could feel some sense of accomplishment in keeping up appearances longer.
"I do not think you are understanding me clearly," she said through clenched, happy teeth. "Faustus misses his father terribly." There was a pause as Mrs. Malfoy dug for more reasons that sounded halfway admirable.
"Tracey has so very much on her mind whatwith Scorpius. I am quite sure that, with the child so young, she desires time to care for and grow with her beautiful family... without interruption, you see?"