Chapter 13 Summary

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Simon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> Trina: <<<5.  What did the spectators see when the patronus charged 
down
> Malfoy and gang?>>>
> Jamieson: <<<I think they saw a white form of light, as the 
patronus probably
> wasn't at full form. Just a guess.>>>
> 
> It must have been fairly recognisable as a stag. In chapter 22, when
> Dumbledore and Harry are talking over the events that have 
transpired,
> Dumbledore says, "... I remember the most unusual form your 
Patronus took,
> when it charged Mr Malfoy down at your Quidditch match ... So you 
did see your
> father last night, Harry ... you found him inside yourself."
> 
> To me this suggests that Dumbledore could recognise it and so was 
able to make
> the link between the two when he later heard about the Animagi 
forms that
> James and co. took on.

Further support for this: in the text:

"Plunging a hand down the neck of his robes, he whipped out his wand 
and roared, 'Expecto Patronum!' Something silver-white, something 
enormous, erupted from the end of his wand. He knew it had shot 
directly at the dementors..." The choice of words here indicates to 
me that the patronus was very substantive and that the spectators 
including Dumbledore were able to see it, not simply a white light.

Later after the match: "'That was quite some Patronus,' said a voice 
in Harry's ear. Harry turned around to see Professor Lupin, who 
looked both shaken and pleased." The fact that he was 'shaken' tells 
me that Lupin recognized the James-as-stag patronus and he's a bit 
stunned by the fact that Harry managed to produced it.