Another Ron Thought

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> Ginny.  My impression from both book and film was that the faculty 
a) 
> kind of figured out that Lockhart was full of it (I'm sure Snape 
did, 
> at the very least), and b) had given Ginny up for dead or worse 
> already.  Sending him off on the "rescue mission" was pretty much 
an 
> excuse to get him out of their hair, and little more than that.


Absolutely! Snape gets rid of him and McGonnagal immediatly follows 
up with something along the lines of "Well that's him OUT OF THE 
WAY." Then they get moving. (I'd look it up...just went to do so but 
the books have all "mysteriously" disappeared into my son's bedroom!) 
It was very clear that the staff had no intention of sending Lockhart 
after the monster.