Molly and Arthur

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No: HPFGUIDX 67988

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "linlou43" <linlou43 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
>   Hi all just a thought on the battle scene at the end of OOP and 
> Dumbledore's explanation after the fact of how the members of the 
> order knew to go there. Dumbledore tells Harry that Moody, Tonks, 
> Shacklebolt and Lupin were at headquarters along with Sirius when 
> Snape made contact.Those are indeed the mebers of the order that 
we 
> see appear at the MOM in the middle of the fight. So, my point is, 
> where were Molly and Arthur? Firstly, Dumbledore does not name 
them 
> as being at Grimmauld place when Snapes call came in. Secondly, 
even 
> if they had been there, there was no way they would have stayed 
> behind. They would have known that Ron, and quite possibly Ginny 
> would have been with Harry.(Not to mention that Molly, at least 
> considers Harry to be one of her own.) There is absolutely no way, 
> that, if they had known what hwas going on, they would not have 
been 
> part of the fight. So where were they?
> 
> 
>     -linlou

I don't think that they were staying at #12 full time.  At Christmas 
time Ron and Harry were supposed to be going to the Burrow before 
Arthur was attacked.  They only stayed at #12 after that because it 
was close to St. Mungo's and everyone could get there easily.  I 
think they were probably at the Burrow and did not know of the 
battle at the DoM until afterwards.

Rosebeth