[HPforGrownups] Pondering that Secret Keeper thing

[Michelle Malfoy]

No: HPFGUIDX 77611



Melpomene:

>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?




My interpretation of this is that once the secret keeper gave you the 
information you could see it but even if you were told #12  Grimwald (sp?) 
you would see nothing. I took this from PoA when Professor Flitwick states, 
and I quote:

"An immensely complex spell,' he said squeakily, 'involving the magical 
concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information is 
hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth 
impossible to find- unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge 
it. As long as the Secret_Keeper refused to speak, You-Know-Who could search 
the village where Lily and James were staying for years and never find them, 
not even if he had his nose pressed against their sitting-room window!" 
-pg.152, bottom of the page.

So the information has to come directly from the Secret-Keeper otherwise 
nobody could find what the Secret-Keeper was hiding. IMO, of course, but it 
is interesting the point you raise. I just think that because it didn't come 
from the Secret-Keeper it wouldn't matter. No matter how hard the tried to 
find #12 Grimwald (sp?) it would be as if it didn't exsist. Hope that helps.

Michelle_Malfoy


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