CoS: Another thought about the Singing Valentine

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15948

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Milz" <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > > I've read it over too, and I get the feeling that Malfoy sent 
the 
> > > Valentine as a way to embarrass Harry AND Ginny. Earlier in the
> > > book, Malfoy makes some comment that Harry has a girlfriend, 
blah 
> > > blah. And it's Malfoy again, who goes on about Harry and Ginny, 
> > > during the Troll scene.
> > 
> > All Ginny had to do was deny it; there's nothing in the book to
> > support anyone else's sending it.  Malfoy just got in a lucky 
guess
> > with the unerring instinct for trouble he has.
> > 
> 
> I don't have my copy with me, but I think it says that Ginny turned 
> red and ran into her classroom. Ginny was truly embarrassed. I 
don't 
> think she would have sent Harry a singing Valentine, maybe a 
private, 
> non-singing type, but one delivered by a troll in the middle of a 
> hallway? 
> 
> > Why would JKR leave this loose end dangling if someone else had 
sent 
> it?
> 
> She never explains why Sirius attacked the Fat Lady either. 
Dumbledore 
> says that Sirius didn't behave in like an innocent man and Rowling 
has 
> left that up in the air too.
> 
> I guess she'll do a lot of explaining in the future books. Anyhow, 
my 
> thoughts about Malfoy sending the Valentine is from my gut feeling 
> after re-reading that part several times. lol I guess that's the 
> result of over-scrutinizing the books.
> 
> :-)Milz

Maybe she thought that it was pretty obvious why Sirius attacked the 
Fat Lady - sheer rage and frustration at not being able to get at 
Peter Petigrew.  It was just assumed that he was after Harry.  Doing 
this and attacking Ron's bed curtains (even here JKR is dropping 
clues: why Ron's and not Harry's) is not the act of an innocent man, 
but it is also not the act of someone who is currently thinking 
clearly, and Sirius was eaten up with anger and veangance.

Catherine