Hermione and the Library Book

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No: HPFGUIDX 34889

      -- In HPforGrownups at y..., Whirdy at a... asked:
     <1.  Why were there no repercussions when Hermione tore a page
out 
of an old book in the CoS.

	I believe the page torn out was the one with the information about 
the Basilisk.  I was also a bit shocked she had done so and had
written a note on it to boot! :)   I figured she got away with it due 
to the fact she was working to stop the basilisk- a creature on the 
loose Petrifying students- a task a bit more important than being
nice to library books.   
      Besides if she had been Petrified with the whole book in her
hand I'm sure someone may have thought to look through it (well,
maybe) and shortened CoS by a few chapters and killed a bit of 
suspense.
 
    AJD 
        (who has been lurking for monthes and is confident that Madam 
Pince has repaired worse damage in a wizarding library)