Trelawny's Prophecy

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86838

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?

Janet Anderson:
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.)

Carol:
I think you're both right. If Dumbledore had any doubts about keeping
her at Hogwarts despite her incompetence (and I don't think he did),
the fate of Bertha Jorkins would have confirmed the necessity of
keeping her safe. And her danger may be even greater now that the
MoM's copy of the prophecy has been destroyed. (I think he'll be
rewarded by a third prophecy, as I said before.)

Carol