Sorry it has taken so long. I am hoping to spend quite a bit of time working on this fic this month so hopefully there should be more regular updates.
Lucius was pleasantly shocked when he received an owl from Harry with a thank you note and an assurance that he would be at the Manor on tie on Friday. He had gone to bed that evening with a smile on his face that would have scared a great many people. When he awoke the next morning it was with purpose, he had a lot to be getting on with that day.
The first thing that he did after breaking his fast was write what he was terming in his mind as his daily letter to Harry. This letter was all about business, confirming the schedule for his lessons and informing him of the current progress with the lessons for the children in the orphanage. He intended to keep this type of correspondence up for at least a few weeks, before starting up personal correspondence.
Once he had written the letter he got ready for his day, that would first start with a meeting with Mrs Brown and then hopefully lead to introductions to all the children in the orphanage. He had considered only teaching the pureblooded children etiquette and law, but had realised quickly that discriminating like that wouldn't earn him Harry's favour. He would teach the halfblood and muggleborn orphans as well, after all they would be better and more productive members of the wizarding society if they knew how to act properly in any situation. There was also the fact that if he was able to convert the muggleborn orphans over to a wizarding way of thinking there would be less chance of them trying to destroy their ways.
His meeting with Mrs Brown was rather productive, and they had set the times and formats of the lessons before he had left her office and he had made sure that she was aware of the large order of books he had placed with Flourish and Blotts and instructing her that each child was to have a copy of both books. If they didn't have enough books she was to order more at the bookstore and have them charge the order to his account.
It had been decided that he would teach both law and etiquette separately. He would teach the laws of the world to all the children over the age of five at once, the lessons taking the form of lectures on a Friday morning, the lecture would take the place of the children's regular lessons for the morning. The etiquette lessons would take place on a Saturday and they would be done in two groups, splitting the boys and girls so that they could learn the proper etiquette for their gender. He had informed Mrs Brown that both lessons would take place at the same time as he intended to bring a female tutor with him to instruct the girls. This would mean that there was a period of time on a Saturday morning when the only children that the staff need concern themselves with would be the under fives allowing some of them a break for the short period of time.
When he met the children he did wonder if he knew exactly what it was that he was letting himself in for, after all he hadn't really been responsible for even Draco's lessons as a child. He had hired a tutor to teach his son as he was often busy trying to build their families reputation into something respectable once more after the war. This time though he needed to be seen as doing something good to help save the Malfoy name, and getting right down into the thick of it and teaching the orphans how to navigate the wizarding world without their parents guidance was something that could only endear him to the public.
He had left the orphanage and apparated to the International Floo Terminal from where he flooed to Narcissa's home in Paris in order to secure her help in his latest endeavour. He knew she would help him as she still counted him as one of her dearest friends and she still cared about how the Malfoy name was seen in society as she was still connected to the Family through Draco.
Lucius had been right in thinking that she would get on board and help him and he had arranged for her to meet him at the Manor on Saturday morning and they would go to the orphanage together. He had also promised her lunch once they were done for the day. She had grilled him on the subject though, knowing him as well as she did she had realised that he had ulterior motives for his work with the orphans and she had managed to get them out of him rather easily. No matter what people thought of Lucius and his fear of the Dark Lord it was nothing compared to his fear of his ex-wife. Narcissa was ruthless when it came to extracting information and both he and Draco had come to terms with the fact that it was easier just to tell her what it was that she wanted to know and to never ever try and sneak a lie passed her.
Narcissa had found his situation amusing and had offered her help and expertise if he needed it, as long as he kept her involved and appraised of any developments. Lucius had agreed tentatively, knowing now that their lunch on Saturday was going to turn into a torturous extraction of information. He agreed to it regardless, glad to have an ally in his endeavour to ensnare the Potter-Black Heir.