He was shown in immediately. Pius Thicknesse was a solid sort of man with grey-streaked black hair and a great overhanging forehead that shadowed his glinting eyes. He was seated behind the large desk of the Minister of Magic as Malfoy entered, and he did not stand, only gestured impatiently to the chair across the desk from him.
When Malfoy came closer, the look of Imperius in his eyes was unmistakable, for any who was truly familiar with the spell. There was the glint of ferocity in them that marked the man, but it was muted enough to see that he was not always wholly in control.
Still, it didn't take much to get the current Minister of Magic to do the Dark Lord's bidding. He was quite apt to do it, all on his own.
"Malfoy," He said, as the other man came in. "We have a job for you."