TBAY: Minerva McGonagall Is Ever So Evil!/ 13 at dinner

[errolowl]

No: HPFGUIDX 39575


But another of the parchments Porphyria has left catches Eloise's 
eye:

> Arcum mentions the Christmas dinner in GoF. This reminds Eloise of 
all those 
> conversations about Stoned!Harry. 
> Trelawney makes a fuss about which of Harry and Ron leaves the 
table first. 
> What is Dumbledore's response (remember that we have made much of 
> decapitation imagery)? That it doesn't matter, unless she thinks 
there is a 
> mad *axeman* in the entrance hall.
> A small thing, but one that Eloise has been waiting for a suitable 
> opportunity to point out.


Eloise, Eloise! Dumbledore doesn't say a word there! It's 
*McGonagall* who does all the talking on the subject - Evil!
McGonagall who would be delighted if McNair did his bit on 
Harry....McGonagall, McNair...umm, from the same community? (its a 
Stretch of course! ;-)

(POA 11):
>> [Trelawney] suddenly uttered a kind of soft scream." I dare not, 
Headmaster! If I join the table, we shall be thirteen! Nothing could 
be more unlucky! Never forget that when thirteen dine together, the 
first to rise will die!"
"we'll risk it, Sibyll," said Professor McGonagall impatiently "do 
sit down, the turkey's getting stone cold"
 Professor Trelawney hesitated, then lowered herself into the empty 
chair...Professor McGonagall poked a large spoon into the nearest 
tureen. " Tripe, Sibyll?"

and later:
"I doubt it will make much difference" said Professor McGonagall 
coldly, "unless a mad axe-man is waiting outside the doors to 
slaughter the first into the entrance hall"<<

Dumbledore does *nothing* to set the minds of the students at ease - 
something he ought to do if he knew that there was no basis for the 
13 at dinner fiasco. This IMO constitutes a foreshadowing.

Errol, who *really* should get to work.

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Eloise:
> P.S.  side note to Errol
> The normal British spelling of grey *is* grey! James seems to have 
used an Americanism. ;-) 

OOps!! sorry! That with a British educational system and American 
television, I'm afraid I've got my languages confused!! Of course, 
never having been to either America or England doesn't help very 
much ;-)