[HPforGrownups] Re: Madame Pomfrey Query

Andrew MacIan andrew_macian at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 14 00:52:24 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 33354

Greetings from Andrew!

Some clarification need/offered....

--- tia_potter <tia__bella at hotmail.com> wrote:

First, could I ask that you specify who it is that
you're quoting in your posts?  These happen to be my
words, so...

> >Could this be
> > one reason that Pomfrey enjoys such a position of
> > trust at Hogwarts?
> 
> Alright, here's my take on the Pomfrey debate: I
> think that not only 
> does Madame Pomfrey enjoy her trusting position,
> that she chooses 
> what to tell Dumbledore and what not too.

This goes to the issue of privileged communications, I
presume, since Pomfrey then would be both capable of
"editing" someone's comments and would be required to
do so in certain cases.

> I mean,
> even if she told 
> Dumbledore almost everything that went on in the
> infirmary, Hermione 
> is a very good, respected students at hogwarts, and
> I assume that 
> Madame Pomfrey would have recognized the situation,
> and kept it 
> quiet, as not to hurt the girl.

A very good instance, and one of the ones I had in
mind when I offered the notion of privilege.
  
Cheers,

Drieux

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