[HPforGrownups] Chapter 37 Summary

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 16249

Hi --

foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:

> And now comes the moment that launched a thousand Ships. Hermione
> kisses Harry on the cheek. A friendly gesture? The surfacing of a
> secret crush?

Lovely phrasing, but the Kiss didn't "launch" any of the ships!  They
were all out at sea long before the Kiss I think.  <g>

> 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 the question about Hermione's naivete depends on how seriously
the Ministry would view the offense of being an unregistered animagus.
If it carries really horrible penalties (a stint in Azkaban for
example), then Hermione pretty much has Rita handled.  If it's just a
minor offense, then yes, she's being a bit naive to think Rita will give
up all the good scoops during the next year.  With all that's going to
be going on, an unregistered animagus may not register much on the
priority scale at the MoM though, regardless of how seriously it might
have been viewed in times of peace.

Penny


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