Quirrel's Name

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87846

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> <SNIP> Odd, since Dumbledore addresses all of his employees and 
former
> > students by their given names. Maybe he never speaks directly to
> > Quirrel in Harry's hearing?
> 
> Ok, I'm totally confused at this--what are you talking about?  What 
hearing?
> Arya

Geoff:
Sorry, I hope I'm not being rude but is this a problem with English 
to a person who is not a native English speaker?

For soemthing to happen "in somebody's hearing" means that the person 
is actually there to hear what is said. As opposed to being told by 
somebody else which is hearing via "a third person".