Chapter 37 Summary

[Florence]

No: HPFGUIDX 16166

 
> QUESTIONS:
> Voldemort's return is the scoop of the century. Is Hermione naive to 
> think Rita Skeeter will keep her end of the bargain and not publish 
for 
> an entire year? Hermione is now a kidnapper. Isn't that worse than 
> anything Rita has done?
> 

I think Hermione has made a major slip up here and should have turned 
Rita in straight away.  It also seems to me strangely out of character 
for her not to.  Rita has almost certainly heard enough (eg knows 
Sirius is an unregistered animagus) to bargain her way out of trouble 
if she doesn't keep her side of the bargain. More will come of this 
I'm sure. 

Incidently how in the world did Hermione communicate with Rita - I've 
always assumed that animagi in animal form couldn't speak themselves. 
 Did Hermione just lecture the beetle Rita or did she let her 
transform to talk to her?  If so how did she force her back into the 
bottle?

Florence