Dark creatures

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19330

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., A B <old_wych at y...> wrote:
> 
> From GoF, Chapter 20:
> 
> "When Lupin had lived there, you were more likely to
> come across a specimen of some fascinating new Drak
> creature he had procured for them to study in class."
> 
> Anyone wonder what JKR means by "lived there", ie.
> does she mean Lupin literally lived in his office?
> That just now struck me.
> 
> Anne

I noticed that he says he sleeps in his office after drinking Wolfbane
potion - probably in a basket under his desk.  He still turns into a
wolf physically, but he goes to sleep instead of running around biting
people.  Fail-safe and the fact he probably still yells (or yelps)
because of the pain of the change are two possible reasons for him to
stay away from the staff bedrooms - at least at this particular time.
The other staff know he's a werewolf, but they probably don't like to
be reminded of it through the walls when they're in bed or working.

I didn't notice at first that I was addressing Anne Old_wych here!
Then my commputer crashed.  Obviously Anne Belligerente Old_wych :-)

Robert Carnegie
Glasgow, Scotland

"I read them all when I was seven and I hated them" - unnamed American
office worker on the Harry Potter books (www.dilbert.com, List of
Stupid Things Overheard)