Myrtle, Four Points Spell

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 40979

Pippin wrote:

>In GoF ch. 25, Moaning Myrtle says "Took them hours
and hours 
>to find my body--I know, I was sitting there waiting
for them."

>My question is, do you think Myrtle *had* to stay
with her body for 
>some reason? 

This is a non-answer, but I think that line has to be
in there because it's funny.  She's waiting for
them...after she's dead...it's funny!  Oh well, I
thought so anyway.

Eloise wrote:

>Secondly, I get really bothered by the 'Four Points'
spell. How can it 
>help if the wand always points north, unless Harry
can keep a complete 
>mental map of where he's been (including distances)
in his head? Knowing the 
>direction from the entrance to the maze to the centre
does not tell him the 
>relative direction from wherever he is within the
maze at the time and the 
>hedges are too tall for him to have any external
points from which to take 
>bearings. A spell that always pointed towards the
centre would be *really* useful.

Thank you!  Thank you!  I posted a plea to orienteers
*ages* ago (<--read with a Myrtle-ish whine) but no
one but me seemed to think this bit was very clumsily
written.  Maybe JKR has such a bad sense of direction
that she thinks a compass would actually be useful for
navigating a maze even without the accompanying
know-how.

Amy Z

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   "Your father thinks very highly of Mad-Eye
 Moody," said Mrs. Weasley sternly.
   "Yeah, well, Dad collects plugs, doesn't he,"
 said Fred quietly, as Mrs. Weasley left the room. 
 "Birds of a feather."
                       -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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