Paintings

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19805

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Bugg" <bugganeer at y...> wrote:
> > Are any of the painting of anyone who has lived? 
> 
> The ones in Dumbledore's office are of past headmasters and 
> headmistresses.  We don't see them doing anything very interesting 
> (they're sleeping in GF), but I bet when they're awake they retain 
> some of the personality of the original person.  That could be very 
> annoying, having a dozen of your predecessors literally looking over 
> your shoulder ("Writing away for another DADA professor, hmm, Albus?  
> I told you the werewolf was a bad risk, but would you listen to me?  
> No . . .").

When I was checking on Snape's Christmas hat just now (which I'd
completely missed, reading too fast), I found the past headmasters
at their own Christmas dinner in Sir Cadogan's portrait.

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)