[HPforGrownups] Trelawny's Prophecy was Re: Did James and Lily know about the prophecy?

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 86805

Marigold said:

>I tend to believe that it is more than just kindness, though DD is
>very kind, based on the scene in the entry hall.  (Am. ed., ch. 26,
>pg. 596-597) "'No---no, I'll g-go, Dumbledore!  I sh-shall l-leave
>Hogwarts and s-seek my fortune elsewhere---'  'No,' said Dumbledore
>sharply.  'It is my wish that you remain, Sibyll.'"  DD's tone of
>voice, IMHO, indicates a sense of urgency that she not leave.
>Perhaps, there is a third prophecy to come, or perhaps there is a
>magical way of retrieving a prophecy from someone, especially if
>that person is indeed a vessel for the prophecy?

I, too, believe it is more than just kindness at work here. I think it's 
very simple: Dumbledore believes (correctly in my opinion) that if Trelawney 
leaves Hogwarts she will be in danger of capture, torture and/or death from 
Voldemort and the Death Eaters.  They'd be likely to give her the same 
treatment they gave the Longbottoms, thinking she could tell them what they 
wanted to know -- in this case, the words of the prophecy.  (Of course, 
they'd be wrong, just as they were with the Longbottoms, but that wouldn't 
help her any more than it did them.)


Janet Anderson

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