FF: Harry and Neville and Hermione

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48741

Cindy:"Also strange is the idea that the popular Frank Longbottom was
tortured to insanity, yet this fact seems not to be common knowledge
in the wizarding world.  I think bookish Hermione does know about
Neville's parents and has just decided to keep quiet to preserve
Neville's privacy."

You have to be correct.  There is a large crowd at the
LeStrange/Crouch trial, Rita was reporting, so every adult in the
wizard world knows all about it.  It's the children who were unborn or
babies at the time who don't, unless they're Hermiones who come across
it in print.  I'll bet there are few parents indeed who fill in their
children on *that* episode.

I think Harry, though, would keep his word not to tell anyone else. He
did. He's got a good ethical compass.

I also agree Neville remembers all too well what happened.  Getting
him to talk about it would be almost impossible.