Pondering that Secret Keeper thing

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 77588

Melpomene wrote:

> I just don't "get" this Secret Keeper arrangement and am wondering 
if 
> anyone else has given this much thought. Yes, I understand the 
*idea* 
> behind it and that was illustrated nicely when Harry read the 
address 
> of 12 Grimmaud Place off DD's parchement and the place "appeared" 
to 
> him.
> My question is this, once the Secret Keeper imparts his information 
> to you, are you free to pass it on? I'd say not. It was made pretty 
> darn clear that ONLY the Secret Keeper would be able to impart said 
> secret.
> So, following that path, what happens if you try? (Say Mundungus is 
> expecting a delivery of dented cauldrons and wants to give #12 to 
> UPS.) Will the person you are speaking to just hear jibberish? See 
> you moving your mouth but nothing coming out? (Flash on that 
annoying 
> Verizon guy "can you hear me NOW?"). What if you tried to write it 
> down and hand it to someone. Would the paper be blank or would you 
> unkowingly hand the person you're trying to tell a tic-tac-toe 
> diagram? 
> Do you suddenly "forget" either what you were about to say or the 
> whole secret?
> Or maybe you'd just be struck dead on the spot. Any speculation?


I think that you could pass the information on to anyone who you 
choose, it's just that Number 12 Grimmauld Place would never appear 
to them. If Harry, for instance, told Umbridge that Sirius was at 
#12, she would be able to go there, stand in front of number 11, 
except that #12 would never appear to her, because Dumbledore never 
told her.

So, using your example, if Dung got some of his dodgy cauldrons 
delivered and said 'Drop them off at Number 12 Grimmauld Place.' I'm, 
sure that he would be understood perfectly, except that the people 
dropping them off would never be able to find number 12. 

It's makes perfect sense when you think that Kreacher went over the 
the Malfoys ver Christmas- if Kreacher was there it must have been 
pretty clear to Narcissa et al that Sirius was at the Black home 
(Number 12). So, theoretically, Narcissa must know where that is. 
BUT, because Dumbledore hasn't told her, she would never be able to 
get in. 

Also- note that the note that Dumbledore gives to Harry has a full 
sentence procclaiming that "The Headquarters fot the Order of the 
Phoenix etc..." So perhaps you have to *name* the place a certain 
thing for it to have the charm placed around it. So, therefore, 
Narcissa may be looking for 'Sirius's House' not 'Headquarters.' And 
only Dumbledore telling someone where 'Headquarters' was found would 
let the location appear to them.

~<(Laurasia)>~