[HPforGrownups] Re: Another (2) Flint(s)!-- Percy kissing Penelope in CoS

[Aberforth's Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 23031

Amy wrote [err ... hi again!]

> In most mysteries, a statement like that would set off alarm bells as
> a revelation of guilty knowledge.  How did Percy know that Ron was
> asking her about the Chamber of Secrets?  He was, but all he told
> Percy was that he'd asked her if she'd seen anything odd--why did
> Percy's mind go instantly to the Chamber if Percy himself weren't
> concealing something about the Chamber?  Hmmmmmmm?

I wouldn't be too hard on Jo here. The text goes:

>  Ginny drew a deep breath and, at that precise moment, Percy
>  Weasley appeared, looking tired and wan.
>
>  "If you've finished eating, I'll take that seat, Ginny. I'm starving,
I've
>  only just come off patrol duty."

I just assumed Percy had overheard the conversation, got nervous and decided
to jump in before Ginny spilled the beans. That "other day" bit is dodgy,
though--unless Percy intentionally shifted the event in question into a time
frame that would keep anyone from thinking it had any connection to
Penelope.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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