Red Flags, Fleur's Return

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., devika261 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/22/01 11:08:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jrichard at a... writes:
> 
> 
> > In GoF, Fleur mentions she wants the improve her English with a 
job 
> > at Hogwarts. What can we expect from her? (Somehow, I don't think 
> > she'll be scrubbing pots with the house elves.) Will she return, 
or 
> > was her mention of working at Hogwarts a red herring?
> > 
> 
> I'm pretty sure Fleur will be back, although I can't for the life 
of me 
> figure out what job she will have at Hogwarts.  I know the new DADA 
teacher 
> is supposed to be female, but I don't think it will be Fleur, 
somehow 
> (although that might make for some amusing situations).  What I've 
noticed is 
> that so far, IIRC, there have been two people besides Fleur who 
have said in 
> so many words that they would return.  At the end of PoA, Sirius 
says to 
> Harry, "We'll see each other again," and he does return in GoF.  
Before Lupin 
> leaves in PoA, he also says to Harry,"I feel sure we'll meet again 
sometime," 
> and we've heard that he's making an appearance in OoTP.  It seems 
that when 
> people specifically say that they're coming back, they actually end 
up coming 
> back in a later book.  So I've answered that part of the question 
anyway, but 
> as for what we can expect from her, I for one am just going to have 
to wait 
> for OoTP.
> Devika :)
> 

 Did Fleur actually say she wanted to work at Hogwarts?

 Personally I can see Fleur working in the Hogshead at Hogsmeade, 
giving Ron even more opportunities to turn red when in the pub. 
Talking to all the customers would be a good way for her to practise 
her English.

 I can't see Fleur teaching especially DADA unless she was supervised 
by another more experinced teacher. Dumbledore may have felt 
relatively free to mess about by using Lockhart as a teacher in CoS, 
but now that he's aware that Voldemort is really back he needs to 
employ a very good DADA teacher to teach the students how to protect 
themselves.

 On another Fleur matter: hands up those who think she'll get 
together with Bill. Just imagine Fleur visiting the Weasley family 
home and distracting all the men.

 Jen