[HPforGrownups] Cat!Hermione and Madam Pomfrey (was Re: Some mistakes in book1???)

[Sarmi]

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 --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Fer Mendoza" <nosref at y...> wrote:
> Cheryl asked:
> 
> > Which leads to a slightly off-topic question...how did Hermione explain her problem in CoS? "Hi, Madam Pomfrey, I've just kinda turned into a humanoid cat...How? Well..."
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> Fer:
> 
> Ron actually explained this to Harry in the second book.(WARNING: not a direct quote) "Good thing Madam Pomfrey doesn't ask questions" or something like that.  I guess HRH just had to tell her they were trying a spell and it went wrong.  They didn't have to expound.
 

 Brian <bkb042 at yahoo.com> wrote:

   While we don't know for sure what, if anything was said to Dumbledore about Hermione's condition, I refuse to believe that Pomphrey is so incompetant as to not correctly diagnose the cause of the ailment!  Neville being turned into a canary could be dismissed 
as a case of "boys will be boys" once you consider the source, and more importantly, the METHOD. What HRH did with the polyjuice wasn't just irresponsible; It was CRIMINAL on several points.

I agree partly here.  I do believe that Madam Pomphrey knew what caused Hermione's transformation.  However, I can see that she's able to turn the other cheek.  These kids come in with injuries or mishaps from who knows what.  I'm pretty sure at one point she just stopped asking why they did it and just treated them, sometimes it's just better to not know why.  A good Nurse could only ask questions of those students who seem to be repeat offenders and have a certain pattern to it.  Hermione has never been in the Hospital Wing before so Madam Pomphfrey could have decided to let it slide this time.

Sarmi



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