Gilderoy Lockhart---a couple ofhorrid thoughts

[katzefan at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24535

Given Lockhart's propensity for self-preservation, I suspect by the 
time Molly paused (* a beat* ) he'd already be several miles 
away and running for his life ... literally.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Eric Oppen" <oppen at c...> wrote:
> You know, it occurs to me that if Lockhart had been even more 
ruthless than
> he was, he could have used his charisma for even worse 
things than he did.
> Just imagine how many students he could have seduced, if he 
had been
> inclined to do so.
> 
> Another Lockhart-related question:  If he had been exposed as 
the fraud and
> liar he was, _without_ losing his memory in the process, do 
you think he'd
> ever have been let out of Azkaban?  At the _very_ least, I'd 
expect a wizard
> court to order him to pay heavy reimbursement to the wizards 
and witches
> whose deeds he'd "appropriated," and his publishers would 
probably also be
> out for a big chunk of his hide.  As for trying to leave Ginny there 
to just
> die---I think that if Molly and Arthur Weasley found out about 
_that,_ all
> of a sudden Azkaban wouldn't look like such a bad place to be-
--out in the
> ocean and _safe._
> 
> Molly Weasley *speaking very slowly and deceptively gently*:
> 
> Let me see if I've got this straight...you _knew_ where my baby 
daughter
> was...and you proposed to _leave_ her there to _die?_
> 
> *a beat*
> 
> I'LL KILL YOU!  I'LL MOIDILIZE YOU!  I'LL RIP YOUR LUNGS 
OUT AND MAKE A
> MILKSHAKE WITH THEM!  GIVE ME MY WAND!