Things i don't understand

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48601

Constance Vigilance asks;

<< 3 - GOF - Regarding Rita Skeeter, Hermione says "Give me 5 minutes in the 
library .." (paraphrased, I don't have my book) Presumably, she uses those 5 
minutes to find out if Rita is listed as a registered animagus. Well, there 
is a big leap between understanding that Rita is a bug and finding her. So, 
did Hermione just happen to see a beetle flying by and it just happened to be 
the right one? How fortuitous is that? >>

Not fortuitous at all. Rita is a *journalist*. She's just seen a major upset 
during the Triwizard tournement. Harry clearly was injured when he returned 
from who-knows-where (Fake!Moody half carried him off the field.) Rita 
buzzing up to stake out the windows of the hospital wing and evesdrop is 
practically a given. Hermione's sharp enough to figure that out. All she 
needed to do was check out any windos in the vicinity for suspicious-looking 
insects.

-JOdel