Another Ginny moment.

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15580

Doing the ironing, listening to Stephen Fry's CDs of CoS and I heard:
Scene: Flourish and Blotts.  Harry has just been embarrassed by 
Lockhart and has given all his books to Ginny (Q: why her and none of 
the other Weasleys?)  Draco starts taunting Harry about the incident:
' "Leave him alone, he didn't want all that!" said Ginny.  It was the 
first time she had spoken in front of Harry.  She was glaring at 
Malfoy.'

One - She is hardly displaying here the wimpish qualities most of you 
endow her with.  Overcomes her embarrassment/shyness to stand up for 
Harry.
Two - She's perceptive enough to realise quite how embarrassing that 
incident was to Harry and that he doesn't court attention like that.
Three - she has just, in one fell swoop, laid her self open to taunts 
from Malfoy: "Potter, you've got yourself a girlfriend."  Does this 
have any bearing on the Valentine discussion?  (I'm making links 
here, and if its already been said, then I apologise: IMHO I don't 
think Ginny sent it.  She knows it would embarrass Harry and herself.)
Four - Harry seems to me to be unfailingly kind to Ginny.  He always 
notices how uncomfortable around him she is, and has the decency not 
to comment to Ron et al, probably knowing that they will tease 
mercilessly.
Ginny is much maligned!

In the words of JKR: "Poor Ginny, eh?"

Catherine, who hasn't given up hope of converting a few people out 
there...