DISCUSSION - PoA Ch 15: The Quidditch Final

[Allyse at my-deja.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Simon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> Ron and Harry find out that Buckbeak is up for the chop.
> Hermione breaks down and hugs Ron.

It suddenly occurs to me that there may be a more cogent reason why 
Hermione suddenly broke down at this point. All along, she's been 
(hurtfully) dismissive of Ron's loss of Scabbers; now, when Ron 
offers to help "save" Buckbeak, she bursts into tears and apologizes. 
Perhaps one really does have to do with the other. Seeing Hagrid's 
tear-stained note might very well have driven home the anguish of 
losing a pet, so that Hermione now understands exactly why Ron is so 
upset. Could that be why she is suddenly "really, really sorry" about 
Scabbers? 

Just a thought. :)


Allyse